Naya Gaon was founded in Circa, in 1783, as a small settlement by the battle fatigued Sikh soldiers on the way to Sri Anandpur Sahib while coming from Delhi after the conquest of Delhi Sultanate by the Sikhs, as a large section of the Sikh forces had decided to celebrate 'Hola Mahala' at Anandpur Sahib. The first settlers on this land were the Dhillon followed by the Sidhu, Nagra, Mavi, Jatts and then the Brahmins. Other working classes were subsequently brought in by the initial settlers to help in their work. Naya Gaon remained a part of Mani Majra Riasat till the independence of India. Then remained a part of District Ambala of joint Punjab. Large amounts of land belonging to Naya Gaon was acquired by the Govt. for the Chandigarh project. After the division of Punjab in 1965 it became a part of Ropar District. In the year 2006 a new district S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) was formed and Naya Gaon became a part of the Mohali district. In the 1980s people from all parts of northern India started settling in Naya Gaon due to affordable housing as compared to Chandigarh. Today it has become a conglomerate of people from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand, U.P., Bihar, Bengal and North Eastern States.
Demographics
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Nayagaon as of the 2011 census.
Population by religious groups in Naya Gaon city, 2011 census[4]
Religion
Total
Female
Male
Hindu
43,997
20,175
23,822
Sikh
4,965
2,348
2,617
Muslim
1,183
545
638
Christian
603
292
311
Jain
13
6
7
Buddhist
13
4
9
Other religions
1
1
0
Not stated
94
40
54
Total
50,869
23,411
27,458
Governance
Nayagaon remained a gram panchayat till the year 2006, when Notified Area Committee (NAC) Status was given, with the villages Nada, Karoran and Kansal added to it. In 2017, the status was elevated to Municipal Council.[5][6] Naya Gaon remains the heart of the Municipal Council with the Council Office, Post Office, Police Station and Suvidha Kendra located there. Nayagaon consists of major residential colonies: Gobind Nagar, Dashmesh Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Shivalik Vihar, Kumaon Nagar, Vikas Nagar, and Janta Colony. It has 21 wards, each represented by a councillor. Nagar Kheda, Village Well, Gurdwara, and Shiv Mandir are the oldest known common places of Naya Gaon.
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