Mahilpur

Mahilpur
city
Mahilpur
Location in Punjab, India
Mahilpur
Mahilpur (India)
Coordinates: 31°21′45″N 76°02′15″E / 31.36258°N 76.03758°E / 31.36258; 76.03758
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictHoshiarpur
EstablishedSettled & renamed in the second half of 15th century or early 16th century
Founded byBains Jatts
Named afterChaudhary Mahla Bains
Government
 • TypeDemocratic.
 • BodyNagar panchayat
Area
 • Total
6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2024 estimate)
 • Total
16,098
 • Density2,450/km2 (6,360/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
146105
Telephone code1884
Vehicle registrationPB-07

Mahilpur is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. [1]

History

he 1905 Gazetteer mentioned Mahilpur as the seat of Bains Jat clan of this area.[2][3][4] Mahilpur was also the seat of Bains Jat Chaudhris/Jagirdars of the area during the Mughal era[5].

Demographics

Mahilpur had a population of 11,360 according to the 2011 Census.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Villages and Category" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1997. ISBN 978-81-85297-68-2.
  3. ^ Gazetteer of the Ambala District: 1883. 1883.
  4. ^ Punjab district gazetteers Hoshiarpur district vol.XIIIA; pt.A. 1905.
  5. ^ Montgomery, J. A. L. (1885). Final Report of Revised Settlement, Hoshiarpur District, 1879-84. Calcutta Central Press Company.
  6. ^ "Punjab - District census handbook - Hoshiarpur" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015.

See also