Mattaur
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Mattaur, also known as Kamagata Maru Naga, is a village in Mohali
Mohali
Mohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...

, 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...

 between the 70 and 71 sectors of Mohali.

Buffalo are available in Mattaur, and as a result the town is called Milky Village or Dairy Village

History

TKamagata Maru Nagar hosted the All-India Congress session in 1975. Among other Congress stalwarts, Mrs Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

, the then Prime Minister, had attended the session. Mrs Gandhi had announced conversion of this historical village into a model gram. BUT TILL DATE IT NOT MADE

The other major thing about mattaur is that it is one of the major villages of deadly "BAIDWAN" Jatt caste. BAIDWAN are known for their quarrelsome nature and deadly fighting.

In old days BAIDWAN's use to send so called "Bhelli" made from gur to their enemy as a invitation to fight .

Infrastructure

Mattaur has a fairly good sewage system, and it does not display water or electricity problems, but the village needs to improve its infrastructure. Garbage dumps are not well maintained. Roads are not well maintained. The town does not have a reliable supply of potable water.

The village has one government school for its residents, which has three rooms. Teachers hold classes outside, as there is no space in the school. Many town residents send their children to private schools.

“Our long-pending demand to raise the boundary wall remains to be seen to date. We have been going the whole hog to convince the PUDA authorities to erect the wall but to no avail. Scores of our meetings with PUDA bigwigs have yielded no tangible outcome. We feel cheated,” says Mr Amrik Singh, a former sarpanch The village has and public park.

today Mattaur is most deveploped village. Its location is very much uttmost. Mattaur has got beautiful buildings and park .Ivy hospital , Saint Xavier school , police station are just at door step
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