Bhogpur

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Bhogpur
city
Bhogpur Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°33′N 75°38′E / 31.55°N 75.63°E / 31.55; 75.63Coordinates: 31°33′N 75°38′E / 31.55°N 75.63°E / 31.55; 75.63
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	13,893
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144201

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

Geography

Bhogpur is located at 31°33′N 75°38′E / 31.55°N 75.63°E / 31.55; 75.63.^[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, GURU NANAK MISSION PUBLIC SCHOOL is located in the town.

References

↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bhogpur
↑ "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. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

v t e Jalandhar district

Cities and villages in Jalandhar district	•Adampur •Alawalpur •Bhogpur •Goraya •Jalandhar •Jalandhar Cantonment •Jandiala •Kartarpur •Lohian Khas •Mallian Kalan •Nakodar •Nurmahal •Phillaur • Rurka Kalan • Sansarpur •Sarinh •Shahkot •Shankar

Cities and villages in other districts of East Punjab	•Amritsar •Barnala •Bathinda •Faridkot •Fatehgarh Sahib •Firozpur •Gurdaspur •Hoshiarpur •Kapurthala •Ludhiana •Mansa •Moga •Mohali •Sri Muktsar Sahib •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. Well Sarabjit Singh Makkar is out and Pawan Kumar Tinu is in as M.L.A.

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