Bhogpur

Bhogpur
—  city  —
Bhogpur
Location of Bhogpur
in Punjab and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Punjab
District(s) Jalandhar
Population 13,893 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 232 metres (761 ft)

Bhogpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jalandhar district in the state of Punjab, India.

Geography

Bhogpur is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 232 metres (761 feet). It is about 25 kilometres from Jalandhar City on National Highway NH1A to Srinagar. The town is also known as Bhogpur Sirwal. An interesting thing about Bhogpur is that India's first sugar mill was established here. and here is a historical place near bhogpur called shri nandachaur dham people must see this place

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Bhogpur had a population of 13,893. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhogpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 70%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Bhogpur was one of the first town in India to have a co-operative sugar mill established in 1956 and it has also become India First town which has its own multimedia web site www.bhogpuronline.com developed by JmD Institute Bhogpur, The MLA from this area is Sarabjit Singh Makkar of Shromni Akal Dal.

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bhogpur
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
Cities and towns in Jalandhar district
Jalandhar
Cities and towns
in other districts
  • Amritsar
  • Barnala
  • Bathinda
  • Faridkot
  • Fatehgarh Sahib
  • Firozpur
  • Gurdaspur
  • Hoshiarpur
  • Kapurthala
  • Ludhiana
  • Mansa
  • Moga
  • Mohali
  • Muktsar
  • Nawanshahr
  • Patiala
  • Rupnagar
  • Sangrur
  • Tarn Taran

The new website has set up www.bhogpuronline.com. first and ever information from Bhogpur town to the world. This site is developed at JmD Institute Bhogpur.