Gardhiwala

Garhdiwala
—  town  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Punjab
District(s) Hoshiarpur
Population 6,263 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Gardhiwala is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India.

Demographics

Gardhiwala is situated on GT-Road or Defense Road, 30 kilometers away from the city of Hoshiarpur.

As of 2001 India census,[1] Gardhiwala had a population of 6263. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Garhdiwala has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. It is famous for producng great soldiers like Colonel Bachhiter Singh Sahota who laid down his life fighting militants in Kashmir.other soldiers are col nirmal dogra, colamarjit singh sahota , col varinder sharma , Col Naresh Talwar, half of the town lives in US or UK

References

  1. ^ "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 Hoshiarpur district
Hoshiarpur
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  • Amritsar
  • Barnala
  • Bathinda
  • Faridkot
  • Fatehgarh Sahib
  • Firozpur
  • Gurdaspur
  • Jalandhar
  • Kapurthala
  • Ludhiana
  • Mansa
  • Moga
  • Mohali
  • Muktsar
  • Nawanshahr
  • Patiala
  • Rupnagar
  • Sangrur
  • Tarn Taran

About Garhdiwala

original name: Garhdiwala geographical location: Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Asia geographical coordinates: 31° 43' 57" North, 75° 45' 2" East

Tradition goes that the town was built in 1443 A. D by one Garhia, a Jat, and was named after his and that the addition of Diwala was made in 1812 on ccount of the incarnation of the goddess (devi) having appeared in the town. In honour of this event, one Jodh Singh, Ramgarhia, built a temple here. The work diwala is said to be wither a contraction for deviwala or the word diowala a temple. The said Sardar also built a fort in 1829 A. D., the traces of which are hardly visible. Around the town, there are some groves of mangoes. Starting from here, a belt of mango gardens can be seen up to Mahalpur

Garhdiwala is very old and famous town/CITY of hoshiarpur district.Garhdiwala is the largest of all the legislative assemblies of Punjab.This small CITY has been then centre of educatiion from the past century.Khalsa Senior Secondry School is the oldest and famous school of this town it has given Punjab great officers and players of international level.

Garhdiwala CITY is situated on Chandigarh - Jammu highway NH-24 at approximately 30 KM NE of Hoshiarpur. This moderate town is very closed nit community and a business hub for numerous villages around it. Local business ranges from grocery, jewelers, clothes, hardware, chemist, electrical and electronics suppliers to cold storage and wheat storage facilities.

Garhdiwala has Primary Schools, High Schools and Colleges. Many of these schools / colleges have produced brilliant students now spread out all over the world. Another motto of this site is to bring all these people to one platform to communicate and provide local community news on time-to-time basis.