Khanauri
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Khanauri is a town and a nagar panchayat
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 Sangrur district
Sangrur district
Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district, but now Barnala is a separate district.-Sangrur consists of following cities:DHURIMALERKOTLA...

 in the India
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 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...

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Demographics

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Census
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, Khanauri had a population of 10,977. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khanauri has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 48%. In Khanauri, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
In Khanauri passes the Bhakhra river, Ghaggar and the drain.
There are three temples (Hanuman, Shivji and Naina Devi) and one Gurdwara Sahib in the main road in front of Anmol Photo Studio.
This town is well connected Jalandhar to Delhi by road NH71.
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