Jagraon


Jagraon is a city and a municipal council, a rural police district and a sub-division of the Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Jagraon is more than three centuries old. Jagraon is at almost the geographical center of the state, from the Satluj River. It is from its district headquarters Ludhiana, from Moga, from Nakodar and 54 miles from Barnala.

Etymology

Jagraon's original name was Jagar aon, meaning "a place of great flooding", as the region historically experienced flooding. The suffix -graon is derived from the Sanskrit word grama, meaning "village".

History

Guru Hargobind visited the Jagraon region of Malwa in western Ludhiana and a Gurdwara called 'Guru Sar' was constructed in the village of Kaunke, located 7 km southwest of the city of Jagraon itself, to commemorate his visit to the locality between the years 1631–1632. Jagraon was established by Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot in 1688. In 1790, Rai Ahmad of Jagraon was arrested by the Maratha general Ranee Khan after the Diwan of Patiala State, Nanu Mal, failed to pay a promised payment for protection. However, Rai Ahmad managed to escape at Panipat via scheming.
Jagraon is the home of Lala Lajpat Rai, a well-known figure in the Indian Independence movement, who greatly influenced Bhagat Singh. His house is now a municipal library. The chiefs of Jagraon, according to Major Charles Francis Massy's Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab, were Chandravanshi Rajputs, the last being Rai Inayat Khan, the custodian of Guru Sahib's Ganga Sagar at the time of the Partition of India in 1947. Rai Aziz Ullah Khan ex-MP in Pakistan is the grandson of Rai Inayat Khan. Soldier Havildar Ishar Singh, who fought the Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, was also a native of Jagraon.

Festivals

Jagraon is most famous for Roshni Mela which is held at the mazar of Peer Baba Mohkumdeen. This event sees the attendance of thousands of people from all over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh

Geography and connectivity

Jagraon is located at. It has an average elevation of.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Indian census, Jagraon had a population of 60,106. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Jagraon had an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 65%. In Jagraon, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Jagraon city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.
ReligionTotalFemaleMaleGender ratio
Sikh34,82816,67018,158918
Hindu28,50113,31415,187876
Muslim870364506719
Jain529258271952
Christian237118119991
Buddhist1459555
Other religions743638947
Not stated1878899888
Total65,24030,85334,387889