Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District

Population: 614,362 (2011)

State: Punjab

Language: Punjabi

Headquarters: Nawanshahr

 

Area: 1283 square kilometers

Density of population: 479 people per square kilometer

Literacy Rate: 80.30 % - Male: 86.20 %, Female: 74.30 %

Male Female Ratio: 1000:954

 

Boundaries of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District

 

North: Hoshiarpur District, Punjab

South: Ludhiana District and Kapurthala District

East: Rupnagar District, Punjab

West: Jalandhar District, Punjab

 

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Average Rainfall: 700 mm

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Maximum Temperature in Summer: 41 deg C

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Minimum Temperature in Winter: 6 deg C

 

SHAHID BHAGAT SINGH NAGAR DISTRICT MAP

 

 

Tehsils: Nawanshahr, Balachaur

Blocks: Aur, Banga, Nawanshahr, Balachaur, Saroa

Assembly Constituencies: Banga, Nawanshahr, Balachaur

 

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Nearby Attractions

 

1. Gurudwara Nanaksar, Hakimpur

2. Gurudwara Charan Kanwal

3. Gurudwara Gurpalah

4. Gurudwara Har Rai Danda Sahib Sandhwaan Farala

5. Gurudwara Shahidganj Talwandi Jattan

6. Gurudwara Tahli Sahib Nawanshahr

7. Gurudwara Singh Sabha Nawanshahr

8. Suraj Kund Rahon

9. Roza Sharif Mandali

10. Baba Balraj Temple Balachaur

11. Kirpal Sagar

12. Shivala Banna Mall

13. Nabh Kanwal

14. Sanehi Temple Nawanshahr

 

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Facts: The district was originally called Nausar District which mutated into Nawanshahr District and was renamed after the freedom fighter and martyr Bhagat Singh on 27th September 2008 as Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District.         

 

Major Agricultural Products: Wheat, rice, onion

 

What is Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Famous For: Remains of five forts or Havelis built by Nausher Khan

 

Famous People From Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District: Shahid Bhagat Singh, Jazzy B, B. R. Chopra, Sunil Mittal, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Sukhshinder Shinda

 

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Pin Codes

Last Updated : Friday Jun 15 , 2012

 

Places in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District