Gobindpur, Punjab

Coordinates: 31°13′53″N 75°59′38″E / 31.231494°N 75.993785°E / 31.231494; 75.993785
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Gobindpur
Village
Telephone code
01823 (SBS Nagar)
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB-32 S.B.S NAGAR , PB-78 Banga
Village Code32120[4]
Post officeGobindpur (38) [5]
Websitenawanshahr.nic.in

Gobindpur is a village in

state of Punjab. 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 headquarters Nawanshahr and 110 kilometres (68 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[6]

Demography

As of

Scheduled Castes population was 841, which is 40.6% of the total population. Gobindpur had 411 households in 2011.[1][2]

Geography

Gobindpur is approximately 329 km from Capital

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
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
.

Transport

By road

Gobindpur is connected to Banga with local buses available. There is a large network of government and private bus services of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh.

By rail

Banga railway station (BXB) is the nearest train station about 4km. however there some other railway station here

  • Jalandhar - JUC (50KM)
  • Phagwara - PGW (23km)
  • SBS Nagar - SBSN (19km)
  • Jaijon - JJJ (30km)
  • Garhshankar - GSR(16km)

By air

Nearby airports include:

Domestic Airport
  • Adampur Airport - AIP (34 km), is the nearest domestic airport
  • Sahnewal Airport
    , Ludhiana - LUH(64 km Via Apra-Banga Road)
International Airport

See also

  • List of villages in India

References

  1. ^ a b c "Census of India: Gobindpur". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 February 2021. for Gobindpur see page 59
  3. ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Local Government Directory" (PDF). cdn.s3waas.gov.in. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  6. ^ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Mumbai from Gobindpur". Google Map.
  8. ^ "School,College in SBS Nagar)" (PDF). SBS Nagar police.
  9. ^ "IGI Airport from Gobindpur (Multiple routes)". Google Map.

External links

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