Jagraon is a city and a

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, a rural police district and a sub-division of the

Ludhiana district Ludhiana district is one of the 23 districts in the Indian state of Punjab. It is Punjab's largest district by both area and population. Ludhiana, the largest city in Punjab, is the district headquarters. The main industries are bicycle parts ...

in the

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. Jagraon is more than three centuries old. Jagraon is at almost the geographical center of the state, from the

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. It is from its district headquarters

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, from Moga, from Nakodar and 54 miles from Barnala.

Etymology

Jagraon's original name was ''Jagar aon'', meaning "a place of great flooding", as the region historically experienced flooding. The suffix ''-graon'' is derived from the Sanskrit word ''grama'', meaning "village".

History

Guru Hargobind visited the Jagraon region of Malwa in western Ludhiana and a Gurdwara called 'Guru Sar' was constructed in the village of Kaunke, located 7 km southwest of the city of Jagraon itself, to commemorate his visit to the locality between the years 1631–1632. Jagraon was established by Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot in 1688. Jagraon is the home of

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 — 17 November 1928) was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as ''Punjab Kesari (Lion of Punjab).'' He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal trio. He died of severe tra ...

, 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

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s, the last being Rai Inayat Khan, the custodian of Guru Sahib's Ganga Sagar at the time of the

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in 1947. Rai Aziz Ullah Khan ex-MP (MNA) in

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is the grandson of Rai Inayat Khan."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." Soldier Havildar Ishar Singh, who fought the Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, was also a native of Jagraon.

Festivals

Jagraon is most famous for Roshni Mela which is held at the mazar of Peer Baba Mohkumdeen. This event sees the attendance of thousands of people from all over

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Geography and connectivity

Jagraon is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

According to the

2001 Indian census The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased by ...

, 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.

References

External links

Official site for Jagraon city
{{Ludhiana district Cities and towns in Ludhiana district