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Laksar
Laksari
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Laksar
Laksar (India)
Coordinates: 29°44′56″N78°01′26″E / 29.749°N 78.024°E / 29.749; 78.024 Coordinates: 29°44′56″N78°01′26″E / 29.749°N 78.024°E / 29.749; 78.024
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Uttarakhand
District Haridwar
Area
 • Total17 km2 (7 sq mi)
 • Rank1
Elevation
287 m (942 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total50,450
 • Rank77%
 • Density3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
247663
Telephone code1332
Vehicle registration UK 17, UK08
Website 210.212.78.56/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.

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Geography

Laksar has an average elevation of 227 metres (745 feet). It is situated between the towns of Khanpur and Sultanpur, and close to the towns of Pathri, Jhabrera and Roorkee in Haridwar district. [1]

MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)

The area around Laksar is dominated by the Gurjar,Hindu community, and the current MLA is Sehjad. Prior MLAs serving Laksar were as follows:

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census, [2] Laksar had a population of 18,240. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Laksar had an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was listed at 75%, and female literacy at 59%. In Laksar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Laksar is well connected by road with Haridwar, Saharanpur, and Roorkee cities, and Laksar Junction railway station lies within the city. It was first connected with city of Haridwar through branch line in 1886, when the Awadh and Rohilakhand Railway line was extended through Roorkee to Saharanpur, this was later extended to Dehradun in 1900. [3]

The nearest airport is Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun, though Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi is preferred.

Local administration

Today, Laksar is one of the four tehsils in the Haridwar district, and one of its six development blocks. [4]

Nagar Palika elections were held in Laksar for the first time in 1995. [5] The current MLA of Laksar is Shri Sanjay Gupta, [6] in his first tenure from the Laksar region.

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References

  1. ↑ City page of Laksar Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Trade and Communications The Imperial Gazetteer of India , v. 21, p. 375.
  4. ↑ Haridwar district Archived 2007-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Local Administration [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Laksar- Uttarakhand Archived 3 July 2007 at archive.today Election Commission of India, State Elections 2007.
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