Alawalpur

For other places with the same name, see Alawalpur (disambiguation).

Alawalpur
Town
Nickname:  Lalpur
Alawalpur Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Alawalpur Alawalpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 31°26′N75°39′E / 31.43°N 75.65°E / 31.43; 75.65
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	7,172
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Alawalpur is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the state of Punjab, India. Alawalpur is named after Alawal Khan, a Pashtun who ruled the area during the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Sardar Himmat Singh Jallewalia, a Bains Jat Sardar and a general in Ranjit Singh's army, later conquered Alawalpur. His descendants still live in a fort located in the center of the town.

History

Sardar Achhal Singh Bains Jallewalia Alawalpur

Alawalpur was founded by Alawal Khan, a Pashtun. Later, the Pashtuns were overthrown by Bains Jat chief Sardar Himmat Singh Bains, son of Chaudhary Gulab Rai Bains. The Bains family had been a jagirdar Chaudhary family of Mahilpur for centuries since the time of emperor Akbar, and later held jagirs in two villages in Adampur. After repelling Afghans, the jagir and other villages came under the control of Sardar Himmat Singh, fifth son of Chaudhary Gulab Rai. His family also held jagirs in Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Sirhind, Nabha, Patiala, and Jind riyasats.

Jagirs in Peshawar and Multan also exceeded 120,000 INR in the 18th and 19th centuries. Sardar Himmat Singh was a vakil of Raja Jaswant Singh of Nabha and later a vakil of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Sardar Albel Singh Bains died fighting Afghans at the Battle of Jhelum in 1824. General Ram Singh Bains was also one of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's generals from this family. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Geography

Alawalpur has an average elevation of 232 metres (761 feet). It is located on the Kartarpur–Adampur road. ^[9]

Villages surrounding Alawalpur include Muradpur, Doltpur, Dhogri, Sikandarpur, Sarmastpur, Sanghwal, Kishangarh among others. Alawalpur has a market that provides daily necessities to the local population. DAV University has been recently^{[ when? ]} established in the village Sarmastpur, adjacent to Alawalpur. This institute provides higher education and career opportunities to the local population.

Demographics

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, Alawalpur had a population of 7,172. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Alawalpur has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 55% of males and 45% of females being literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. ^[10]

References

1. Gazetteer of the Jullundur District, 1904. Sang-e-Meel Publications. 2000. ISBN   978-969-35-1107-9.
2. Gazetteer of the Jalandhar District. Punjab Government Press. 1884.
3. Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. ISBN   978-0-9695964-2-4.
4. Arora, A. C. (1984). Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Politics, Society, and Economy. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
5. Rao, Ram Sukh (1980). Ram Sukh Rao's Sri Fateh Singh Partap Prabhakar (in Punjabi). J. Kaur.
6. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
7. Extracts from the District & States Gazetteers of the Punjab, Pakistan: Punjab, India. Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab. 1976.
8. Griffin, Lepel Henry (1940). Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Government Printing.
9. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Alawalpur
10. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.