Dera Bassi
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Dera Bassi is a city and a municipal council
in Mohali district
in the state of Punjab
, India
. Zirakpur
comes under tehsil Dera Bassi. Dera Bassi is located on the Chandigarh – Delhi National Highway, 20 Km from Chandigarh. It is strategically located near the boundary of Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh and Union territory of Chandigarh. The nearby sub town Lalru was once a famous market for red chili powder. The area also gave the country freedom fighter Baba Prithvi Singh Azad who was also the gold medal winner at Olympic game at the age of 85 years. The city and nearby area has eight engineering colleges, B.ed, paramedical and management Institutes.
, Dera Bassi had a population of 15,690. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dera Bassi has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and, female literacy is 72%. In Dera Bassi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in Mohali district
Mohali District
Mohali district is one of the twenty twodistricts of Punjab a state in the North-West of the Republic of India. It is the most recently created district in the state of Punjab introduced in 2006.- Kharar block :...
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...
. Zirakpur
Zirakpur
Zirakpur is a satellite town of Chandigarh located in the Mohali district of Punjab. It is set on the foothills of Aravali hills. Located on the Chandigarh-Delhi highway, it shares its border with Panchkula...
comes under tehsil Dera Bassi. Dera Bassi is located on the Chandigarh – Delhi National Highway, 20 Km from Chandigarh. It is strategically located near the boundary of Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh and Union territory of Chandigarh. The nearby sub town Lalru was once a famous market for red chili powder. The area also gave the country freedom fighter Baba Prithvi Singh Azad who was also the gold medal winner at Olympic game at the age of 85 years. The city and nearby area has eight engineering colleges, B.ed, paramedical and management Institutes.
Demographics
As of the 2001 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...
, Dera Bassi had a population of 15,690. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dera Bassi has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and, female literacy is 72%. In Dera Bassi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
The main engineering institute in Dera Bassi is the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering & Technology (SSIET) founded in 1998.Economy
The main industries in the region are:- Nectar LifesciencesNectar LifesciencesNectar Lifesciences Limited is an integrated pharmaceutical company in India that manufactures high quality generic products for EU and USA. The company is the largest manufacturer of Cefuroxime Axetil API and Cefixime API in the world and manufactures 25% of menthol of the world.-History:The...
- PRS Suraksha TMT
- Winsome Yarns