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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Unreferenced|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name =Gurusar Sudhar
| native_name = Punjabies Indian
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| other_name = Gurusar Sadhar
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Ludhiana
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| named_after =6th Guru Hargobind Saheb Jee
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| governing_body = Panchayat
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 141104
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| area_code = 01624
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| blank3_info_sec1 = Raikot
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| website = {{URL|www.gurusarsudhar.org}}
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'''Gurusar Sudhar''' is a township in the district of [[Ludhiana District|Ludhiana]] in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. It falls in the [[Raikot]] sub-division.

==Demographics==
According to census 2001 it has a population of 5728, of which 3003 are males and 2725 are females. The number of households is 1102.

[[File:Arch Bridge.jpg|thumb|300 px|left|picture of an old bridge over the canal running through Sudhar that has since been dismantled]]

==Geography==
Sudhar is divided into the vague and somewhat overlapping areas of Sudhar village, Sudhar Bazaar, Gurusar Sudhar, and Pul Sudhar. It is located nearly at the middle of the [[road]] connecting [[Mullanpur Dakha|Mullanpur]] and [[Raikot]]; and is flanked by the [[township]]s/[[village]]s of [[Halwara]], Ghuman, [[Hissowal]], [[Aitiana]], [[Akalgarh, Ludhiana|Akalgarh]], [[Rattowal (India)|Rattowal]], [[Toosa]], [[Sidhwan]] and [[Bhora]]. The [[Abohar Canal]], which is a [[distributary]] of [[Satluj]] rivers and a [[tributary]] of [[Indus]] river, flows through it.

==Educational institutions==
The place is home to [[G.H.G. Khalsa College|G.H.G. Khalsa College (since 1948), G.H.G. Khalsa College of Pharmacy]] (1984), [[G.H.G. Khalsa College of Education]] (1955), Khalsa Collegiate Public Senior Secondary School and G.H.G. Khalsa Senior Secondary School which are counted amongst the pioneering institutions of [[higher education|education]] in [[rural]] [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. It also has a couple of primary and secondary [[school]]s. The two [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]]s, one [[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] [[School]] and Jatindera Greenfield School are well respected [[school]]s and attract a large number of students from the region.

==Medical facilities==
Sudhar is home to Premjit Memorial Government [[Hospital]]. It also has a handful of private nursing homes. High end medical care is available in the nearby Ludhiana city.

==Socio-cultural landscape==
People of several faiths live at Sudhar. Despite the overarching presence of [[Sikh]]s and [[Sikh]] practices, people of all [[religion]]s freely practise their faith and extensively intermingle with each other. The place has two [[Sikh]] [[Gurudwara]]s and a [[Hindu]] [[temple]]. A [[Church (building)|church]] and the tomb of a [[Muslim]] peer are present in adjoining [[Halwara]].

Sudhar is known for being the place where [[Guru Hargobind Sahib]], the sixth guru of the [[Sikh]]s, gave his shoes to Bhai Jawanda ji for wearing, who kept them as a valued gift. His descendants still have those shoes and people from all over Punjab and India visit Sudhar to see those shoes and seek blessings.

==Notable people==
* [[Navv Inder]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ludhiana district}}
{{coord missing|Punjab (India)}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ludhiana district]]

Sudhar - Revision history

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