Hoshiarpur

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Hoshiarpur (Punjabi:

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Hoshiarpur City had a population of 1,68,843 out of which 88,290 were males and 80,153 were females. The literacy rate was 89.11 per cent.^[5]

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[6] Hoshiarpur had a population of 189,371. Males constitute 50.9% of the population and females 49.1%. Hoshiarpur has an average literacy rate of 85.40%, compared to 81.00% of 2001. Male literacy is 89.90%, and female literacy is 80.80%. In Hoshiarpur, 10% of the population is under 11 years of age.

• Females per 1,000 males: 962
• Density of population ( per km².): 396
• Percentage increase in population (2001–2011): 7.1%
• Child sex ratio (0–6 Age): 859

The Scheduled Caste population in this district is 34.3%^[7][8]

Religious groups in Hoshiarpur City (1881−2011)^[a]

Religious group	1881[10][11]: 520 [12]: 250		1891[13]: 68 [14]		1901[15]: 44 [16]: 26		1911[17]: 23 [18]: 19		1921[19]: 25 [20]: 21		1931[21]: 26		1941[9]: 32		2011[22]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	10,641	49.81%	10,882	50.49%	8,243	46.97%	7,975	45.7%	10,169	47.78%	12,907	48.29%	16,834	47.63%	1,315	0.78%
Hinduism	9,968	46.66%	9,910	45.98%	8,548	48.71%	8,198	46.98%	9,509	44.67%	11,942[b]	44.68%	15,478[b]	43.79%	127,615	75.67%
Jainism	405	1.9%	444	2.06%	453	2.58%	426	2.44%	525	2.47%	473	1.77%	504	1.43%	1,551	0.92%
Sikhism	290	1.36%	270	1.25%	226	1.29%	667	3.82%	754	3.54%	1,188	4.44%	2,242	6.34%	36,178	21.45%
Christianity	—	—	45	0.21%	78	0.44%	183	1.05%	328	1.54%	220	0.82%	262	0.74%	1,012	0.6%
Judaism	—	—	0	0%	1	0.01%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	—	—	—	—
Buddhism	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	—	—	235	0.14%
Others	59	0.28%	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	25	0.07%	747	0.44%
Total population	21,363	100%	21,552	100%	17,549	100%	17,449	100%	21,285	100%	26,730	100%	35,345	100%	168,653	100%

History

The archaeological explorations during the recent years have revealed the antiquity of the Hoshiarpur District to the

Hoshiarpur's Bus Stand is Bhagwan Valmiki Interstate Bus Terminal, which has a large network of bus services of Punjab Roadways, Himachal Roadways, Delhi, Haryana Roadways, P.R.T.C,^[24] Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, Jammu & Kashmir Roadways, Rajasthan State Roadways, apart from private operators.

Rail

Air

The closest airport to Hoshiarpur is

• Guru Ravidas Ayurved University, Hoshiarpur
• Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre

Notable people

This list only includes notable people from Hoshiarpur City, for those born in Hoshiarpur district see that article.

Politics

• Sunil Arora, 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India
• Varinder Singh Bajwa, former Member of Parliament (Rajya sabha)
• Khalsa Raj Party
• Sqn. Ldr. Kamal Chaudhry, former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)^[26]
• Santosh Chowdhary, ex-MP Congress
• Ghadar Party leader and Freedom Fighter^[27]
• Avinash Rai Khanna, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader
• Kanshi Ram, founder of Bahujan Samaj Party won election from hoshiarpur in 1996 Indian general election
• Hoshiarpur is from Jalandhar. (born at Sofi Village, Jalandhar district
  )
• Harnam Singh Saini, an Indian revolutionary
• Late. Ch. Balbir Singh, Sher-e-Punjab, freedom fighter, Former MLA & MP^[28][29]
• Manmohan Singh, (Former Prime Minister of India) studied Economics and got his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1952 and 1954 from Hoshiarpur city.
• Zail Singh, elected from Hoshiarpur in 1980 then became Union Home Minister and in 1982 the President of India^[30][31]

Civil Services

Karam Singh Raju – former principal secretary, Government of Punab

Business

• Lakshman Das Mittal Chairman Sonalika Group of industries.

Arts and culture

• Intikhab Alam, cricketer.
• Monica Bedi, a Punjabi actress is from village Chabbewal
• Kulwinder Dhillon, singer from Mahilpur
• Harbanse Singh Doman, belongs to Hoshirarpur
• Harp Farmer, an actor, director, producer, photographer was born in Hoshiarpur
• nuclear physicist
• Shehnaaz Gill, actress and singer born in Hoshiarpur
• Sahir Hoshiarpuri, Urdu poet from India
• Habib Jalib, Pakistani revolutionary poet and left wing politician born on 24 March 1928 in a village near Hoshiarpur.
• rapper
• Gauri Khan, (born Gauri Chhibber) belongs to Hoshiarpur and raised up in Delhi.^{[citation needed]}
• Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani Classic and Ghazal Singer was born in Hoshiarpur
• Munir Niazi, (1928–2006) was an Urdu and Punjabi poet born in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur
• Amar Singh Shaunki, Dhadi singer
• D. P. Singh, a science populariser and environmental activist of Punjab.
• Ganda Singh, a Punjabi historian
• Mickey Singh, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, model and actor.
• Sahib Singh, one of the Panj Pyare
• Yo Yo Honey Singh, Punjabi Rapper from Delhi was born in Hoshiarpur.
• Sufi
  singin duo from Hoshiarpur.
• Vicky Kaushal actor, parents are from Hoshiarpur.

Hoshiarpur.

• Sunny Kaushal actor, parents are from Hoshiarpur.

Sportspersons

• Mohammad Nissar, once India's fastest bowler and remains one of the fastest in the world

Army

• Fazal Din VC, of 7th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment, British Indian Army, during the Burma Campaign was ran through the chest by a Japanese samurai officer's sword reaching through to his back and proceeded to take the sword out of his chest and kill the Japanese officer with it
• Tufail Mohammad, of the Punjab Regiment, War Hero of the 1958 Indo-East Pakistan skirmish recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
• Karamat Rahman Niazi, Pakistan Navy Admiral who commanded the PNS Ghazi during the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War

Notes

References