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Naura, India

Coordinates: 31°11′32″N 76°02′58″E / 31.192172°N 76.049377°E / 31.192172; 76.049377
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Naura
naurangabaad
9 raah
town
Naura is located in Punjab
Naura
Naura
Location in Punjab, India
Naura is located in India
Naura
Naura
Naura (India)
Coordinates: 31°11′32″N 76°02′58″E / 31.192172°N 76.049377°E / 31.192172; 76.049377
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictSBS Nagar
Government
 • Sarpanch (Elected Head of Town)Smt. Amritpal Kaur
Population
 • Total7,500
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144508
Telephone code01823

Naura is a town in the Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab, India. It is located about 2 km from Khatkar Kalan, the home town of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, on the Banga - Gharshanker road. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India visited Naura attending agricultural trade show along with his daughter Indira Gandhi. The town is nicknamed across many Punjabi villages as: "Naura Bhaura".

Population

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The town's 2001 population was 3,331.[1] Many of the town's residents and families are settled in other parts of India and overseas, but they still maintain their ancestral homes in the town.[citation needed]

Education

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Naura is home to a branch of the District Institute of Education and Training where primary school teachers are educated and trained.[2]

The town has access to multiple colleges in the nearby cities of Banga, Nawanshahr, Gharshankar and Phagwara.

Notable people

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  • Ch. Mehboob Ali Khan (1912–1947), Zaildar of Naura and Assessor in session court of Jalandhar
  • Sant Baba Sewa Singh ji (qila Anandgarh sahib wale) – Birthplace.

Facilities

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Naura is home to a variety of shops (including Bubbi's shop, which sells confectionery, shoes and provides a printing service , naura karyana store which provide all karyana things and dairy products and Armaan karyana store which provides confectionery products and dairy products)[citation needed] and has 8 Gurdwaras.


Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Nawan shahr district Census Rural". Government of Punjab. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Manual – I Particulars Of Organization, Functions And Duties" (PDF). Government of Punjab State Council of Education, Research, and Training. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.