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Also known as Hoshiārpur (India)

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Hoshiarpur is a city in Punjab, India, serving as the capital of Hoshiarpur District. It is situated at an elevation of 296 meters above sea level and operates within the UTC+05:30 time zone. The city’s postal code is 146001, and its local dialing code is 1882.

The area includes residential zones such as Model Town. Hoshiarpur is described in sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. A nearby location named Dārapur, also in Punjab, has an elevation of 311 meters.

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Place details

Locality
Hoshiarpur
Region
Punjab
Country
India
Population
168,653
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Hoshiarpur
Settlement.native_name
(Punjabi)
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_caption
Landmarks of Hoshiarpur
Settlement.nicknames
Land of Saints, HSP
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Punjab#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Hoshiarpur City in Punjab, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Punjab
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region of Punjab
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Doaba
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Hoshiarpur
Settlement.founder
Hargovind Ram & Ram Chand (Dewans of Muhammad bin Tughluq)
Settlement.established_title1
Founded In
Settlement.established_date1
1325–1351 A.D.

via Wikipedia infobox

Travel guide

Get in

The regional airport is Amritsar (), more snappily known as Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport. A cab from there will take 2 hours 30 min to Hoshiarpur. Otherwise fly into Delhi (), which has extensive transcontinental connections, and travel overland.

See

Sanskrit College Baba Balak Nath Temple Shimla Pahari

Buy

Punjabi local and traditional Clothes and Punjabi jutti tille wali (traditional wedding shoes) Punjabi Jewellery for that visit Sarafa Bazar. Dana Mandi Kanak Mandi

Eat

Different kind of Pickles for that Clock Tower Janta Dhaba Mashoor Jalebi Lovely Sweet Shop Sharma Da Dhaba near Clock Tower

Drink

Lassi Lemonade Sharbat with milk Milk Badam Jaljira

Connect

Chandigarh, Nawasher, Himachal,

Go next

Jalandhar — the biggest city in the Doaba region, famous for its sports equipment manufacturing industry

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • History
  • Transport
  • Road
  • Rail
  • Air
  • Education
  • Universities
  • Notable people
  • Politics
  • Civil Services
  • Business
  • Arts and culture
  • Sportspersons
  • Army
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.

Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of . Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoshiarpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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