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| Hajipur | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Hajipur Location in Punjab, India  Hajipur Hajipur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°15′58″N76°09′00″E / 31.266°N 76.15°E Coordinates: 31°15′58″N76°09′00″E / 31.266°N 76.15°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Hoshiarpur |
| Elevation | 288 m (945 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 5,366 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 144221 |
| Area code(s) | 01883 |
| Vehicle registration | PB54 |
Hajipur is a census town in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
Hoshiarpur District is a district of Punjab state in northern India. Hoshiarpur, one of the oldest districts of Punjab, is located in the North-east part of the Punjab state and shares common boundaries with Gurdaspur district in the north-west, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts in south-west, Kangra and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh in the north-east. Hoshiarpur district comprises 4 sub-divisions, 10 community development blocks, 9 urban local bodies and 1417 villages. The district has an area of 3365 km2. and a population of 1,586,625 persons as per census 2011.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
