Mehatpur

Mehatpur
town
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Population
• Total	approximately 15,000
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144041 [1]
Telephone code	01821
Vehicle registration	PB-33
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Nakodar
Sex ratio	956/1000 ♂/♀
Literacy	78%%
Lok Sabha constituency	jalandhar
Climate	hot (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	45 °C (113 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	2 °C (36 °F)

Mehatpur is a town in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is 8 km away from Nakodar on National Highway 71 (NH-71).

Geography

Mehatpur has a humid subtropical climate with cool winters and hot summers. Summers last from April to June and winters from November to February. Temperatures in the summer vary from average highs of around 45 °C to average lows of around 30 °C. Winter temperatures vary from highs of 19 °C to lows of 2 °C. The average annual rainfall is about 60 cm.

Economy

Mehatpur has numerous clinics and hospitals including Bhardwaj Clinic, Civil Hospital, Chandi Hospital, Cheema Hospital, Doaba Hospital, Veterinary Hospital and Rice mills, paper industry, power plant, Mehatpur also has a sugar mill.and is well known for one of the largest dana mandi in Jalandhar district.

Education

The city contains 12 schools in English and Punjabi (CBSE & PSEB affiliated). Moreover, school buses are available for students for nearby villages.

Demographics

The first language of most people in the city is Punjabi. Punjabi is the official language of Mehat Pur. People from different cultures are settling here, enriching the city with new languages such as Hindi and English. Majority of population belongs to the Sikh religion.

Historical and religious sites

Baba Ram Malo Ji, Sant-Sadhar, Gurudwara - Singh Sabha, Halti Sahib, Ber Sahib, Ramghariya Mandir, gurudawara samra patti, shiv mandir, dhyana mandir, dera garib dasi dham, baba jahar pir near dhangara patti, Gurudawara Shri Guru Ravidass ji in dhangara patti. Dussehra (a big festival of Hindu religion) of MehatPur and Chhinj, a Wrestling competition, organised at MehatPur every year, are very famous all over India.

Nearby villages

Shahpur, Khurampur, Adarman, Akbarpur Kalan, Baloki, Bulanda, Danewal, Haripur, Parjian Kalan, Sangowal, Singhpur, Tandaura, Udhowal, Umarwal Billa, Gaggarhwal and Khaira Fauja Singh.

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