Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a municipal council in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was previously a town; it later became a district in 1995.
- Type: Town with 46,000 residents
- Description: Town and Administrative headquarters of Nawanshahr district in Punjab, India
- Also known as: “Nawashaher”, “Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar”, “شهيد بكت سنك نكر”, “नवान् शहर”, “शहीद भगतसिंहनगर”, “ਨਵਾਂ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”, and “షహీద్ భగత్ సింగ్ నగర్”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nawanshahr Doaba Junction railway station.
Nawanshahr Doaba Junction railway station
Railway station
Nawanshahr Doaba Junction is a small railway station…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gujjarpur Kalan and Mahālon.
Gujjarpur Kalan
Village
Gujjarpur Kalan is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. Gujjarpur Kalan is situated 2½ km north of Nawanshahr.
Mahālon
Village
Mahalon is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. Mahālon is situated 2½ km northwest of Nawanshahr.
Barnala Kalan
Village
Barnala Kalan is a town in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Barnala Kalan is situated 3 km east of Nawanshahr.
Nawanshahr
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nawanshahr, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.12567° or 31° 7′ 32″ north
Longitude
76.11593° or 76° 6′ 57″ east
Population
46,000
Elevation
264 metres (866 feet)
IATA airport code
QNW
Open location code
8J3R44G8+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nawanshahr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نوان شهر”
- Asturian: “Nawanshahr”
- Bengali: “নওয়ানশাহর”
- Bishnupriya: “নৱানশাহর”
- Cebuano: “Nawāshahr”
- Chinese: “納萬斯哈赫爾”
- Chinese: “纳万斯哈赫尔”
- Dutch: “Nawanshahr”
- Fiji Hindi: “Nawanshahr”
- German: “Nawanshahr”
- Hindi: “नवाँशहर”
- Hindi: “नवांशहर”
- Irish: “Nawanshahr”
- Italian: “Nawanshahr”
- Korean: “나완샤히르”
- Magahi: “नवाँशहर”
- Malay: “Nawanshahr”
- Marathi: “नवान शहर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nawanshahr”
- Newari: “नवनशहर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nawanshahr”
- Norwegian: “Nawanshahr”
- Oriya: “ନୱାନଶାହର”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਗਰ”
- Panjabi: “ਨਵਾਂਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
- Persian: “نوانشهر”
- Sanskrit: “नवांशहर-नगरम्”
- Santali: “ᱱᱟᱶᱟᱥᱚᱦᱚᱨ”
- Spanish: “Nawanshahr”
- Swedish: “Nawanshahr”
- Swedish: “Nawāshahr”
- Tamil: “நவான்சகர்”
- Telugu: “నవాన్షహర్”
- Urdu: “نواں شہر”
- Vietnamese: “Nawanshahr”
- Western Panjabi: “نواں شہر”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Durgapur and Begampur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Raghukul Hospital and Pitaar Hospital.
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