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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Mehatpur
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Punjab, India
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
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| population_total        = approximately 15000
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| demographics1_info1     = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 144041 <ref name="indiapost">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/Pinsearch.aspx?Pin_On=144041 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093603/https://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/Pinsearch.aspx?Pin_On=144041 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead |title= Indian postal website with Mehatpur's PIN code |accessdate=2016-08-01}}</ref>
| area_code_type          = Telephone code
| area_code               = 01821
| registration_plate      = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 33
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| blank2_info_sec1        = Nakodar
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank3_info_sec1        = 956/1000 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank4_name_sec1        = Literacy
| blank4_info_sec1        = 78%%
| blank5_name_sec1        = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1        = jalandhar
| blank1_name_sec2        = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2        = [[Climatic regions of India|hot]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
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'''Mehatpur''' is a town in [[Jalandhar]] district in the Indian state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. It is 8&nbsp;km away from Nakodar on National Highway 71 (NH-71).

==Geography==
Mehatpur has a humid subtropical climate with cool winters and hot summers. Summers last from April to June and winters from November to February. Temperatures in the summer vary from average highs of around 45&nbsp;°C to average lows of around 30&nbsp;°C. Winter temperatures vary from highs of 19&nbsp;°C to lows of 2&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is about 60&nbsp;cm.

==Economy==
Mehatpur has numerous clinics and hospitals including Bhardwaj Clinic, Civil Hospital, Chandi Hospital, Cheema Hospital, Doaba Hospital, Veterinary Hospital and Rice mills, paper industry, power plant, Mehatpur also has a sugar mill.and is well known for one of the largest dana
mandi in Jalandhar district.

==Education==
The city contains 12 schools in English and Punjabi (CBSE & PSEB affiliated). Moreover, school buses are available for students for nearby villages.

==Demographics==
The first language of most people in the city is [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. Punjabi is the official language of  Mehat Pur.
People from different cultures are settling here, enriching the city with new languages such as [[Hindi]] and English.
Majority of population  belongs to the [[Sikh]] religion.

==Historical and religious sites==
Baba Ram Malo Ji, Sant-Sadhar, Gurudwara - Singh Sabha, Halti Sahib, Ber Sahib, Ramghariya Mandir, gurudawara samra patti, shiv mandir, dhyana mandir, dera garib dasi dham, baba jahar pir near dhangara patti, Gurudawara Shri Guru Ravidass ji in dhangara patti.
Dussehra (a big festival of Hindu religion) of MehatPur and Chhinj, a Wrestling competition, organised at MehatPur every year, are very famous all over India.

==Nearby villages==
Shahpur, Khurampur, Adarman, Akbarpur Kalan, Baloki, Bulanda, [[Danewal, Punjab|Danewal]], Haripur, [[Parjian Kalan]], Sangowal, Singhpur, Tandaura, Udhowal, Umarwal Billa, Gaggarhwal Ismailpur and Khaira Fauja Singh.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]


{{Jalandhar district}}


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