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'''Gaggon''' is a village in [[Rupnagar]] (Ropar) district of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/Reports/rws/rpt_CoverageHabitationStatusDistrictWiseLink.aspx?DistrictId=0379&DistrictName=RUPNAGAR&StateName=PUNJAB&Flag=2 |title=Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311201610/http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/Reports/rws/rpt_CoverageHabitationStatusDistrictWiseLink.aspx?DistrictId=0379&DistrictName=RUPNAGAR&StateName=PUNJAB&Flag=2 |archive-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has population of 578{{when|date=November 2012}} and total area of 2.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It is 5&nbsp;km from [[Chamkaur]] (an important Sikh pilgrimage site) and 12&nbsp;km from district headquarters Ropar.<br />
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The village is located on [[Guru Gobind Singh Marg]]. The main communities are [[Jatt Sikh]], [[Saini]], [[Scheduled castes]] and [[Brahmin]]s. [[Sikhism]] is the dominant faith. There are two [[gurudwara]]s, a [[Balmiki sect|Valmiki]] temple and a shrine dedicated to [[Gugga]] Pir.<br />
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Two martyrs in [[World War II]] were born in Gaggon. Major crops grown in village are wheat, rice, maize, sugarcane, etc. Nearby villages are Gadhram Kalan, Gadhram Khurd, Dehar, Salempur, Makdona Kalan, Makdona Khurd, Rampur Bet.<br />
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The village has a Government Senior Secondary School and a Veterinary Hospital.<br />
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