Jagraon is a city and a municipal council, a rural police district and a sub-division of the Ludhiana district in the Indianstate of Punjab. Jagraon is more than three centuries old.[citation needed] Jagraon is at almost the geographical center of the state, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the Satluj River. It is 37 km (23 mi) from its district headquarters Ludhiana, 29 km (18 mi) from Moga, 31 km (19 mi) from Nakodar and 54 miles from Barnala.
History and religious significance
Gurudwara Nanaksar, a gurdwara built as a memorial for the saint, Nand SinghLala Lajpat Rai Statue, Bus Stand, Jagraon
Jagraon is the home of Lala Lajpat Rai, a well-known figure in the Indian Independence movement, who greatly influenced Bhagat Singh. His house is now a municipal library. The chiefs of Jagraon, according to Major Charles Francis Massy's Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab, were ChandravanshiRajputs, the last being Rai Inayat Khan, the custodian of Guru Sahib's Ganga Sagar at the time of the Partition of India in 1947. Rai Aziz Ullah Khan ex-MP (MNA) in Pakistan is the grandson of Rai Inayat Khan.[1] Soldier Havildar Ishar Singh, who fought the "Battle of Saragarhi" in 1897, was also a native of Jagraon.[2]
According to the 2001 Indian census,[5] Jagraon had a population of 60,106. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Jagraon had an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 65%. In Jagraon, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Jagraon city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.
Population by religious groups in Jagraon city, 2011 census[6]
S. Govt. College of Science Education and Research
References
^"Major Charles Francis Massy, Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab, 1890, 1909 and 1940.Ludhiana Dist. Gazetteer 1888-89, 1904 and 1935(Administration and Statistical). Mahan Kosh by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha p1037, p311. Encyclopaedia Of Sikhism by Prof Harbans Singh vol 11 p416. The Sikh Ref Book by Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer p 464, 196."
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