Nayagaon, Punjab
Nayagaon
Naya Gan | |
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Town | |
Anandpur Sahib |
Naya Gaon (Nawa Graon or Nayagaon) is a small town and a
Pin code 160103History
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Naya Gaon was founded in Circa, in 1783, as a small settlement by the battle fatigued Sikh soldiers on the way to Sri
S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) was formed and Naya Gaon became a part of Mohali district. In the 1980s people from all parts of northern India started settling in Naya Gaon due to affordable housing as compared to Chandigarh. Today it has become a conglomerate of people from states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand, U.P., Bihar, Bengal
and North Eastern States.
Demographics
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Naya Gaon city, as of 2011 census.
| Religion | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindu | 43,997 | 20,175 | 23,822 |
| Sikh | 4,965 | 2,348 | 2,617 |
| Muslim | 1,183 | 545 | 638 |
| Christian | 603 | 292 | 311 |
| Jain | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Buddhist | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Other religions | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Not stated | 94 | 40 | 54 |
| Total | 50,869 | 23,411 | 27,458 |
Governance
Naya Gaon remained a
Police Station
and Suvidha Kendra located there. It has Gobind Nagar, Dashmesh Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Shivalik vihar, Kumaon Nagar, Vikas Nagar and Janta colony are major residential colonies. The Notified Area has 21 wards and each represented by a councillor. Nagar Kheda, Village Well, Gurdwara and Shiv Mandir are oldest known common places of Naya Gaon.
Naya Gaon is also close to the major tourist attractions in Chandigarh such as Rose Garden, PGI, Rock Garden and Lake. Besides, it is the nearest route to access hill stations like Kasauli.
References
- ^ a b "Dilapidated roads, sanitation woes: Nayagaon is sidelined by development".
- ^ "Nayagaon Municipal Council Sends 150 Notices GMADA finds illegal colonies in Nayagaon during internal survey".
- ^ Nayagaon MC given last chance to remove encroachments
- ^ https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Naya Gaon (NP)
- ^ "Chandigarh: Naya Gaon MC to clean Patiala Ki Rao rivulet, bids invited from private firms". The Indian Express. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Nayagaon found in deep waters within 30 minutes". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 January 2019.