Urapar

Urapar is a small town in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, on the Nawanshahar-Phillaur road - 17 km from Nawanshahr and 17 km from Phillaur and 15 km from Banga. Urapar is also known as Aur-Urapar, Chak-Urapar and capital of the SainiHistoryUrapar is famous for Gurudwara Shahidganj which was built to commemorate the martyrs of 1711 battle, in which Banda Singh Bahadur leading the Khalsa army fought a pitched battle with Shamas Khan's army and captured Rahon and the Sikh soldiers who got martyrdom were cremated here.Late Sardar Sampuran Singh was the only Sarpanch, who had served 4 terms of Sarpanchi in a row. He was the First Sarpanch after freedom.During the tenure as sarpanch, he raised the veterinary hospital.In appreciation of his community services, the governor of Punjab issued him a commendatory certificate at the time opening of hospital By his personal influence. e approached Sir Chotu Ram the education minister of joint Punjab to upgrade Khalsa elementary school of cChakUrapar to high school.There are 8 Gurudwaras, 3 Hindu temples, and 3 Mosques. There are more than 100 families of Urapar currently living in Toronto, Canada and every year they get together and celebrate Urapar day.DemographicsAs of 2001 India census, Urapar had a population of 4,251. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Urapar has more than an average literacy rate of 87%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Nawanshahr, 12% of the population is under 9 years of age.