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Naura

naurangabaad
9 raah
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town
	Naura Location in Punjab, India Naura Naura (India)
	Coordinates: 31°11′32″N 76°02′58″E / 31.192172°N 76.049377°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	SBS Nagar
Government
• Sarpanch (Elected Head of Town)	Smt. Amritpal Kaur
Population
• Total	7,500
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144508
Telephone code	01823

Naura is a town in the Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab, India. It is located about 2 km from Khatkar Kalan, the home town of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, on the Banga - Gharshanker road. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India visited Naura attending agricultural trade show along with his daughter Indira Gandhi. The town is nicknamed across many Punjabi villages as: "Naura Bhaura".

Population

The town's 2001 population was 3,331.^[1] Many of the town's residents and families are settled in other parts of India and overseas, but they still maintain their ancestral homes in the town.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Naura is home to a branch of the District Institute of Education and Training where primary school teachers are educated and trained.^[2]

The town has access to multiple colleges in the nearby cities of Banga, Nawanshahr, Gharshankar and Phagwara.

Notable people

Ch. Mehboob Ali Khan (1912–1947), Zaildar of Naura and Assessor in session court of Jalandhar
Sant Baba Sewa Singh ji (qila Anandgarh sahib wale) – Birthplace.

Facilities

Naura is home to a variety of shops (including Bubbi's shop, which sells confectionery, shoes and provides a printing service , naura karyana store which provide all karyana things and dairy products and Armaan karyana store which provides confectionery products and dairy products)^{[citation needed]} and has 8 Gurdwaras.

Footnotes

^ "Nawan shahr district Census Rural". Government of Punjab. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
^ "Manual – I Particulars Of Organization, Functions And Duties" (PDF). Government of Punjab State Council of Education, Research, and Training. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

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[1] "Nawan shahr district Census Rural". Government of Punjab. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

[2] "Manual – I Particulars Of Organization, Functions And Duties" (PDF). Government of Punjab State Council of Education, Research, and Training. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

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