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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Naura<br />
| native_name = naurangabaad<br />
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| other_name = 9 raah<br />
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| settlement_type = town<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|31.192172|N|76.049377|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = SBS Nagar<br />
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| leader_title = Sarpanch (Elected Head of Town)<br />
| leader_name = Smt. Amritpal Kaur<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_total = 7500<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 144508<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 01823<br />
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'''Naura''' is a town in the [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. It is located about 2&nbsp;km from [[Khatkar Kalan]], the home town of [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh]], on the Banga - Gharshanker road. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India visited Naura attending agricultural trade show along with his daughter Indira Gandhi. The town is nicknamed across many Punjabi villages as: "Naura Bhaura". <br />
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==Population==<br />
The town's 2001 population was 3,331.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nawan shahr district Census Rural |url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/government/census_rural.htm |publisher=Government of Punjab |accessdate=2009-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410155248/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/GOVERNMENT/census_rural.htm |archivedate=10 April 2009 }}</ref> Many of the town's residents and families are settled in other parts of India and overseas, but they still maintain their ancestral homes in the town.{{citation needed|date=December 2007}}<br />
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==Education==<br />
Naura is home to a branch of the District Institute of Education and Training where primary school teachers are educated and trained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/Punjabrti/Departments/Education/State%20Council%20of%20Education%20Research%20&%20Training%20(SCERT)/01_Particulars%20Of%20Organization,%20Functions%20And%20Duties.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410145029/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/Punjabrti/Departments/Education/State%20Council%20of%20Education%20Research%20%26%20Training%20%28SCERT%29/01_Particulars%20Of%20Organization%2C%20Functions%20And%20Duties.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-10|publisher=Government of Punjab State Council of Education, Research, and Training|title=Manual – I Particulars Of Organization, Functions And Duties|accessdate=2009-01-24}}</ref><br />
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The town has access to multiple colleges in the nearby cities of [[Banga (Nawanshahr)|Banga]], [[Nawanshahr]], [[Gharshankar]] and [[Phagwara]].<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* Ch. Mehboob Ali Khan (1912–1947), Zaildar of Naura and Assessor in session court of Jalandhar<br />
* Sant Baba Sewa Singh ji (qila Anandgarh sahib wale) – Birthplace.<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
Naura is home to a variety of shops (including Bubbi's shop, which sells confectionery, shoes and provides a printing service and Armaan karyana store which provides confectionary products and dairy products) and has 8 [[Gurdwara]]s.<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]<br />
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