Nakodar

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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Nakodar''' is a town and a [[municipal council]] in [[Jalandhar district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].

The city is almost 365 km from [[Delhi]], 25 km from [[Jalandhar]], 49 km from [[Ludhiana]], and about 101 km from [[Amritsar]]. Surrounding villages include [[Chak Mughlani]], Maheru, Allowal, [[Mehatpur]] ([[Haripur, Punjab|Haripur]]) (Bhullar) [[Nawan Pind Jattan]], [[Heran]], [[Bir Pind]], (Aulakh), [[Shankar, Jalandhar|Shankar]], [[Nur Pur Chatha]], [[Sarinh, Jalandhar|Sarih]], Malri, [[Khanpur Dhadda]], Uggi, and Malhian Kalan.

The town is well paved and currently forms a Tehsil of District [[Jalandhar]]. Outside the town, there are two large tombs dating from the times of Emperor Jahangir, later one of them is said to be the burial place of the adviser of Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], but it is not known who stand buried in the earlier tomb.

==Origin of name==
The name Nakodar, according to one account, is a said to be derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] phrase ''Neki ka dar'', which means "Gate of Goodness or Virtue”. According to another version, the town was so-named after [[Negudar|Nikudari]] legion of the [[Mongol]]s.<ref>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LXI, p. 298.</ref>

==History==
[[File:Tombs of Ustad in Nakodar.jpg|thumb|300px|Tombs of Ustad in Nakodar]]
[[File:Ustad's Tomb Nakodar, Punjab.jpg|thumb|300px|Tomb at Nakodar]]
The town is of considerable antiquity and had been held in succession by three different races, the [[Arain]], [[Jat people|Jatts]], [[Kamboj]]s, and then by the [[Muslim]] [[Rajput]]s, traces of whom still exist in the extensive ruins by which the town is surrounded. The town was anciently founded by the Hindu Kamboh, according to Sir William Wilson Hunter and others.<ref name="Punjab159">Punjab gazetteers, 1883, bound in 10 vols., without title-leaves, 1883, p. 159, Punjab</ref><ref>Punjab District Gazetteers, 1970, p. 496, Punjab (India).</ref><ref>Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1886, p. 180, Sir William Wilson Hunter.</ref><ref>Gazetteer Jalandhar, First Edition, 1980, Chapter XIX, [http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_jdr17.htm#ch19f Places of Interest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410025927/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_jdr17.htm#ch19f |date=10 April 2009 }}.</ref><ref>Encyclopedia of Jalandhar: Jalandhar, 2004, p. 38, Harajindar Siṅgha Dilagīr.</ref> The Kamboh settlements lay to the west of present town and the sites are still marked by extensive ruins and two old fine tombs, now called the Black and Red Domes, from the color of the material. Tradition attributes the Kamboh expulsion to the Nawab Kutb Khan who came with an army from Indor near Nuh in 1570 AD.<ref name="Punjab159"/> As a consequence, the lordship of the town thus passed over to the [[Khanzada Rajputs|Khanzadaas]] from the Kamboj tribe. Within two generations, the Rajputs got the town in ''jagir'' from [[Emperor]] [[Jahangir]], in later sixteenth century, apparently divesting the Khanzadahs, the successor race to the Kambohs. The Rajputs were themselves later ousted during [[Sikh]] period by one [[Tara Singh Ghaiba|Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba]] who made a [[fort]] and made himself the master of the surroundings. From Ghaiba, the town was seized by [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] in 1816.

==Geography==
Nakodar is located at {{Coord|31.13|N|75.47|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/Nakodar.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Nakodar]</ref> It has an average elevation of 223 metres (731 feet). Nakodar lies on [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]]-[[Jalandhar]] section of [[National Highway 703 (India)|National Highway 703]] ([[National Highway 703 (India)|NH 703]]).

==Demographics==
In [[2011 Indian Census]], Nakodar municipal council had a total population of 36,973, of which 19,360 were males and 17,613 were females. Children in the age group of 0-6 were 3,843. The total number of literates in Nakodar was 27,836, which constituted 75.3% of the population with male literacy of 78.4% and female literacy of 71.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Nakodar was 84.0%, of which male literacy rate was 87.4% and female literacy rate was 80.3%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 13,492. Nakodar had 7,814 households in 2011.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Punjab - District Census Handbook - Jalandhar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0303_PART_B_DCHB_JALANDHAR.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=27 April 2022 |page=31,32 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427123456/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0303_PART_B_DCHB_JALANDHAR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of the 2001 India [[census]], Nakodar had a population of 31,422. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Nakodar had an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy was 69%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Rail===
Nakodar town is well connected to major cities in Punjab through [[Nakodar Junction railway station]] which is a junction point for connection to railway stations at [[Jalandhar City Junction railway station|Jalandhar City]], [[Phillaur Junction railway station|Phillaur]] and [[Lohian Khas Junction railway station|Lohian Khas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nakodar Junction|url=https://www.raildrishti.in/raildrishti/raildrishtiv3/StationMapBhuvan.jsp?zonecode=&statecode=&stncode=NRO&fs=50&t=0.3009501399149106|access-date=22 October 2020|website=Rail Drishti}}</ref>

==Notable people==


*[[Satya Paul Agarwal]], a [[neurosurgeon]], academic, public health administrator, secretary general of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]] and recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] award
*[[Amarjit Chandan]], poet, writer
*[[Lehmber Hussainpuri]], Indian born [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]] singer
*[[Josh Malsiyani]], Urdu poet
*[[Pash]], poet
*[[Yuyutsu Sharma]], Indian born Nepalese poet and journalist
*[[Malkit Singh]], Indian born [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]] singer

==See also==
*[[List of villages in Nakodar tehsil]]
*[[Baba Lal Badshah]]
*[[Dera Baba Murad Shah]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://pbhealth.gov.in/maps/jal/MEHATPUR.pdf
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410025927/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_jdr17.htm#ch19f Nakodar@Punjab Revenue]
* [http://jalandhar.nic.in/ Official website of Jalandhar district]

{{Jalandhar district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Jalandhar district]]
[[Category:Tehsils of Punjab, India]]

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