Mahilpur
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Mahilpur is a town and a Nagar Panchayat
in Hoshiarpur district
in the India
n state
Punjab
. It is situated on Hoshiarpur Chandigarh
Road 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) from Hoshiarpur. It is famous for the game of football in the region.
, Mahilpur had a population of 10,019. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mahilpur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 73%. In Mahilpur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Profession of the most of the persons are agriculture based. Mahilpur is the NRI hub of the Punjab state.
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 Hoshiarpur district
Hoshiarpur District
Hoshiarpur District , is a district of Punjab state in northern India.In 2011, Hoshiarpur had population of 1,582,793 of which male and female were 806,921 and 775,872 respectively. There was change of 6.85 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001...
in 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...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
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...
. It is situated on Hoshiarpur 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...
Road 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) from Hoshiarpur. It is famous for the game of football in the region.
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...
, Mahilpur had a population of 10,019. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mahilpur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 73%. In Mahilpur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Profession of the most of the persons are agriculture based. Mahilpur is the NRI hub of the Punjab state.
Schools & Colleges
- S. Baldev Singh Mahilpuri Govt. Sr. Secondary School, Mahilpur (Boys)
- Govt, Sr Secondary School, Mahilpur (Girls)
- S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur
- Home Overseas Institute, Mahilpur
- Guru Nanak National Public Senior Secondary School, Mahilpur
- Doaba Public School, Mahilpur
- K.D. School, Mahilpur
- King Edward Public School, Mahilpur
- K.D College of Nursing
Industry
- Tinab Products, located on Garhshanker Road, is a manufacturer of high quality Temporary Rust and Corrosion Preventives for the Engineering industry. More details at www.tinabproducts.com
- Mahip Industries, is a manufacturer of Premium Salt Spray Testing equipment for accelerated corrosion testing of various organic and metallic coatings on OE automobile components, hand tools, aluminium components, etc. More details at www.mahipindustries.com