Laksar

Laksar is a small town, near Haridwar city and Nagar Palika in Haridwar district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, situated along National Highway 334A. It is an important sugar manufacturing destination in the state and also known for the Laksar Junction railway station (LRJ), the largest railway junction in the state, which was built in 1866.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Laksar
Settlement.other_name: Laksari
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttarakhand#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttarakhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttarakhand
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Haridwar
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_rank: 1
Settlement.area_total_km2: 17
Settlement.elevation_m: 287
Settlement.population_total: 50450
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.population_rank: 77%
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Contents

History
Geography
MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)
Demographics
Transport
Local administration
References
External links

==History==

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

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