Balachaur
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Balachaur is a teshil town and a nagar panchayat
in Nawanshahr district
in the state of Punjab
, India
.Birth place of Choudhary Rahmat Ali (founder of word PAKISTAN) and was barrister at law in England.
Rajput
named Raj Dev along with his family came here. He was related with the family of the King of Jaipur
. He started meditating here and named this place after the name of his son Balraj as Balachaur. Raj dev died in 1596. People made his tomb here and worshiped him as Baba Balraj. A committee named as "Balraj Mandir Committee" was created in 1949 and its President was Zaildar Balwant Singh. Present President is Rana Purshotam Singh. In 1539 Sher-Shah-Suri before attacking Himayun took the blessing of Raj Dev.
, Balachaur had a population of 18,106. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Balachaur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Balachaur being the tehsil, is very important place for the many villages it covers. It has the Punjab Government offices which serve the villagers for their needs.
Due to absence of any college in Balacahur people are suffered for higher education.
Recent years has seen some marvellous growth in terms of no. of shops, opening up of many English speaking schools, Internet cafes, Wine shops etc. but on a broader term nothing substantial has changed for Balachaur and its people. There is still no Bus Depot, no big name industry being set up and most importantly lack of a good higher education institute in the area. There are however many private educational institute opened up mostly Modern Schools and Engineering colleges.round about 25-30 km away from balachaur (Engineering colleges).
A College is opened named Baba Balraj Govt. College in 2011 on Bhaddi road. Which is under construction but classes started. It is also near to Bains Charitable Hospital.
. From Balachaur there are buses (both private and public) are available for passengers to go to major cities of Punjab as well as of Himachal, Haryana and Delhi. Also for going to nearby villages there are various modes of transport available.
Balachaur as a tehsil situated right between the equal distance of nawanshahr(20km)-roper(25km)-garshankar(25km)-nurpur bedi(24km) and same in between ludhiana (70km), chandigarh
(68km), hoshiarpur
(70km), anandpur sahib
(68km), jalandhar
(75km). It is situated 320 km from Delhi
.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Nawanshahr district
Nawanshahr District
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in the state of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.Birth place of Choudhary Rahmat Ali (founder of word PAKISTAN) and was barrister at law in England.
History
In 16th century a KachwahaKachwaha
Kachwaha are a Suryavanshi Kshatriya clan who ruled a number of kingdoms and princely states in India such as Alwar, Maihar, Talcher, while the largest kingdom was Jaipur which was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727...
Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
named Raj Dev along with his family came here. He was related with the family of the King of Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
. He started meditating here and named this place after the name of his son Balraj as Balachaur. Raj dev died in 1596. People made his tomb here and worshiped him as Baba Balraj. A committee named as "Balraj Mandir Committee" was created in 1949 and its President was Zaildar Balwant Singh. Present President is Rana Purshotam Singh. In 1539 Sher-Shah-Suri before attacking Himayun took the blessing of Raj Dev.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Balachaur had a population of 18,106. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Balachaur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Balachaur being the tehsil, is very important place for the many villages it covers. It has the Punjab Government offices which serve the villagers for their needs.
Due to absence of any college in Balacahur people are suffered for higher education.
Commerce
There is no big industry or industrial zone in Balachaur. Main source of income for villagers is Agriculture, wheat and Maize being the two main crops. most people who are not staying in villages are working in government or private sectors, their office being located in Nawanshahr, Ropar ,ludhaina and Chandigarh. There is a big market which serves the people of nearby villages and also there is a big grain market(anaaj mandi) where the field produce is sold at market rates.Balachaur is a beautiful place surrounded by foothills of shivaliks on one side , river SATLUJ on other. There is also one (only one) cinema hall in Balachaur which is located near the grain market, its called KC cinema where latest Hindi and Punjabi movies are screened.Recent years has seen some marvellous growth in terms of no. of shops, opening up of many English speaking schools, Internet cafes, Wine shops etc. but on a broader term nothing substantial has changed for Balachaur and its people. There is still no Bus Depot, no big name industry being set up and most importantly lack of a good higher education institute in the area. There are however many private educational institute opened up mostly Modern Schools and Engineering colleges.round about 25-30 km away from balachaur (Engineering colleges).
A College is opened named Baba Balraj Govt. College in 2011 on Bhaddi road. Which is under construction but classes started. It is also near to Bains Charitable Hospital.
Transport
Balachaur is well connected by road transport to all the major cities in Punjab. It is on the main highway to Jallandhar and other highway which goes to Pathankot/Jammu. Nearest Railway station is Garhshankar and nearest Airport is ChandigarhChandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
. From Balachaur there are buses (both private and public) are available for passengers to go to major cities of Punjab as well as of Himachal, Haryana and Delhi. Also for going to nearby villages there are various modes of transport available.
Balachaur as a tehsil situated right between the equal distance of nawanshahr(20km)-roper(25km)-garshankar(25km)-nurpur bedi(24km) and same in between ludhiana (70km), chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
(68km), hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab....
(70km), anandpur sahib
Anandpur Sahib
Anandpur Sahib is a city in Rupnagar district in the state of Punjab, India. Known as "the holy City of Bliss," it is a holy city of the Sikhs and is one of their most important sacred places, closely linked with their religious traditions and history...
(68km), jalandhar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
(75km). It is situated 320 km from Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
.