NurMahal or Noor Mahal is a city and a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

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. It is a small city located between

Nakodar Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab. The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. S ...

Phillaur Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doa ...

Road in Punjab. This town is also connected with the nearby towns of

and

by a road going along the railway lines. Nurmahal is situated 13 km from

, 16 km from Phillaur, 33 km from Jalandhar. And Many more villages are close by to Nurmahal.

History

Nurmahal was built on a place where an ancient town, called Kot Kahlur, was located which was proven by the bricks and many coins found beneath the soil of this town. It is believed that the ancient city was abandoned or destroyed around 1300 for an unknown reason. Maharaja

Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (3 May 1718 – 23 October 1783) was a Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy, being the supreme leader of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army), Dal Khalsa. He was also Misldar of the Ahluwalia (misl), Ahluwalia Mi ...

took this city under his control. Nurmahal is named after Noor Jahan, the wife of

Mughal Mughal or Moghul may refer to: Related to the Mughal Empire * Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries * Mughal dynasty * Mughal emperors * Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia * Mughal architecture * Mug ...

emperor

Jahangir Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was List of emperors of the Mughal Empire, Emperor of Hindustan from 1605 until his death in 1627, and the fourth Mughal emperors, Mughal ...

(1605–1627) as she was brought up here, and is thought to have spent her childhood here. The town then came under the rule of Jassa Ahluwalia’s Sikhs before the East India Company gained control.

Sarai Nurmahal

Major point of tourist interest in Nurmahal is the

Mughal Serai Mughal Serai is a caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was an inn that provided lodging for travelers, merchants, and Caravan (travellers), caravans. They were present throughout much of the Islamic world. Depending on the region an ...

constructed by Noor Jahan. It is a striking example of oriental architecture. This historical monument is looked after by the Archaeological Department. The whole structure of the sarai is in the form of quadrangle consisting of 140 cells, spread over the four sides of the structure. The best way to reach Serai Nurmahal is to go to Nurmahal railway station, which is the nearest railway station. The junction is served by the Northern Railways. Nurmahal has railway station and had Cinema next to the bus stop that shut down around 1995 also got huge

grain market The grain trade refers to the local and international trade in cereals such as wheat, barley, maize, rice, and other food grains. Grain is an important trade item because it is easily stored and transported with limited spoilage, unlike other agri ...

. Nurmahal has got its own Railway Station also which is situated on Phillaur - Lohian khas line.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, NurMahal had a population of 12,630. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Noor Mahal has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 68%. In Noor Mahal, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Nurmahal(Noor Mahal) Kandola Kalan (there is two villages near by Nurmahal) 1st is

Kandola Kalan Kandola Kalan is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil and tehsil is Phillaur in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab. About Kandola Kalan is almost 1 km from Nurmahal NurMahal or Noor Mahal is a city and a munici ...

(big Kandola) 2nd is

Kandola Khurd Kandola Khurd is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 10.4 km away from Nurmahal, 14 km from Phillaur, 35.4 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 124 km from state capital Chandigarh. The ...

(small Kandola) *

Ladhar Kalan Ladhar Kalan is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in Jalandhar. Jalandhar is a district in the Indian state of Punjab. About Ladhar Kalan lies on the Phillaur- Talwan road. The nearest railway station to Ladhar Kalan is Bilga ...

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Jalandhar district

History

Sarai Nurmahal

Demographics

See also

References