Gobindpur, Punjab

Gobindpur

ਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰ
Village
Gobindpur
Location in Punjab, India
Gobindpur
Gobindpur
(India)
Coordinates: 31°13′53″N 75°59′38″E / 31.231494°N 75.993785°E / 31.231494; 75.993785Coordinates: 31°13′53″N 75°59′38″E / 31.231494°N 75.993785°E / 31.231494; 75.993785
Country  India
State Punjab
District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 247 m (810 ft)
Population (2018)
 • Total 2,040(Approx)
  Sex ratio 1044/997 ♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 144510
Area code NWR
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-32 , PB-78
Post office

Gobindpur

Post Office Name : Ladhana Jhikka[1]
Website nawanshahr.nic.in

Gobindpur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. it was originally known as Salaimpur, but later had its name changed to Gobindpur after Guru Hargobind visited it in the 17th century . It is located 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) away from City Banga, 19.7 kilometres (12.2 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar(A.K.A Nawanshahr) and 110 kilometres (68 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]

Demography

As of 2018, Gobindpur has a total number of 411 houses and population of 2041 of which 1044 include are males while 997 are females according to the report published by ceopunjab India in 2018. The literacy rate of Gobindpur is 76.15%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 136 which is 9.88% of total population of Gobindpur, and child sex ratio is approximately 989 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[3] Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 31.83% of total population in Gobindpur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

Geography

Gobindpur is approximately 329 km from Capital New Delhi, 106 km from the state capital Chandigarh, 109 km from Amritsar, 55 km from Jalandhar and 1493 km from Mumbai.[4] It is in the northwest part of India; a few hundred kilometers south of Kashmir and to the west of the Himalayan foothills of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. On a clear day, the snow-clad peaks of the Dhauladhar range are visible in the distant horizon. The Banga Railway station is located on the Jalandhar City . Jaijon Doaba Line of the Northern Railway at 13 km from Nawanshahr, 43 km from Jalandhar, and 45 km from Ludhiana. It is also linked by National Highway 344A with Nawanshahr and Phagwara Grand Trunk Road from Banga.

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, Government Senior Secondary School founded in 1950's.|List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district| The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme [5] and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.

Sikh National College and Guru Nanak College for Women are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 19 kilometres (12 mi). The village is 89.5 kilometres (55.6 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 37 kilometres (23 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.

List of schools & Colleges nearby:

Senior secondary schools

  • Government Senior Secondary School , Gobindpur
  • Khalsa school
  • Baba gola Public School
  • Sutlej Public sen sec school
  • Bhagwan Mahavir public school
  • Sikh national college sec school
  • Jain model sen sec school
  • Florence international school
  • Guru nanak mission public school

Colleges

  • Sikh National College Banga
  • Guru Nanak College for Women
  • Guru nanak institution for nursing
  • Govt Polytechnical college Behram
  • Khalsa college

Transport

By Road

Take local Buses to get Banga and there are large network of bus service of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal, PEPSU & Private operators.

By Rail

BANGA railway station is the nearest train station about 4km. however there some other railway station here

  • Jalandhar (50KM)
  • Phagwara (23km)
  • Nawashahar (19km)
  • Jaijon (30km)
  • Garhshankar (16km)

By Air

The nearly airports from the towns are
Domestic Airport Adampur Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 34 kilometres (21 mi) away in Adampur

  • Adampur Airport- AIP (34 km)
  • Ludhiana Airport- LUH(64 km Via Apra-Banga Road)

International Airport

  • Chandigarh Airport- IXC(118.7 km)
  • Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar- ATQ(141.7 km)
  • I.G.I International Airport,Delhi-DEL (364.2 km)[6]

[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette).
  3. ↑ "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
  4. ↑ "Mumbai from Gobindpur". Google Map.
  5. ↑ "School,College in SBS Nagar)" (PDF). SBS Nagar police.
  6. ↑ "IGI Airport from Gobindpur (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
  7. ↑ "Distance from Gobindpur (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
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