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{{About|the municipal corporation in Punjab, India|its namesake district|Hoshiarpur district}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2010}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hoshiarpur
| other_name = 
| settlement_type =
| image_skyline =Hoshiarpur City.jpg
| image_alt =Í
| image_caption =Landmarks Of Hoshiarpur
| nickname =Land Of Saints, HSP
| image_map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hoshiarpur City in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.53|N|75.92|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of states and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region of Punjab
| subdivision_name2 = [[Doaba]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]]
| founder = Hargovind Ram & Ram Chand ([[Dewan]]s of [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]])<ref name="Municipal Council Hoshiarpur.">{{cite web | title=Municipal Council Hoshiarpur – About us | website=Municipal Council Hoshiarpur. | url=http://www.mchoshiarpur.org/aboutus.html | access-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>
| established_title1 = Founded In
| established_date1 = 1325–1351 A.D.
| established_title = Settled by British
| established_date = 1846 A.D.
| named_for = Hoshiar Khan Of Bajwara
| government_type = [[Municipality]]
| governing_body = [[Municipal Corporation Hoshiarpur]]
| leader_title1 = Mayor
| leader_name1 = Shiv Sood ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])<ref name="http://www.hindustantimes.com/ 2015">{{cite web | title=Shiv Sood of BJP elected as first mayor of Hoshiarpur municipal corporation | website=hindustantimes.com | date=11 March 2015 | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/shiv-sood-of-bjp-elected-as-first-mayor-of-hoshiarpur-municipal-corporation/article1-1325193.aspx | access-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_land_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 296
| population_total = 168,443
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 =
| population_demonym = Hoshiarpuria, Hoshiarpuri
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 146001
| area_code = +91-1882
| registration_plate = PB07
| station_code = HSX
| website =https://hoshiarpur.nic.in/
| footnotes =
}}
'''Hoshiarpur''' ({{IPA-pa|ɦʊʃɪˈaːɾpʊɾ|lang|Hoshiarpur.ogg}}) is a city and a [[Municipal corporations in India|municipal corporation]] in [[Hoshiarpur district]] in the [[Doaba]] region of the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Hoshiarpur |volume=13 |pages=787–788}}</ref> In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.<ref name=EB1911/>

Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of {{convert|296|m}}. Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with [[Kangra district]], and [[Una district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]] in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district]], [[Jalandhar district]], and [[Kapurthala district]], and in the northwest it borders [[Gurdaspur district]].

==Demographics==

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|title=Religion in Hoshiarpur City <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/9-hoshiarpur.html|title=Hoshiarpur City Population Census 2011 – Punjab}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#9955BB|0.78}}
{{bar percent|Others|#9955BB|1.17}}}}

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Hoshiarpur City had a population of 168,443 out of which 88,290 were males and 80,153 were females. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] was 89.11 per cent.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 7 October 2015 }}</ref>

{{As of|2011}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Hoshiarpur had a population of 189,371. Males constitute 50.9% of the population and females 49.1%. Hoshiarpur has an average literacy rate of 85.40%, compared to 81.00% of 2001. Male literacy is 89.90%, and female literacy is 80.80%. In Hoshiarpur, 10% of the population is under 11 years of age.
* Females per 1,000 males: 962
* Density of population ( per km<sup>2</sup>.): 396
* Percentage increase in population (2001–2011): 7.1%
* Child sex ratio (0–6 Age): 859

The Scheduled Caste population in this district is 34.3%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/blocksc50.php?format=print |title=State-wise, District-wise List of Blocks with >40% but less than 50% SC population |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723091635/http://socialjustice.nic.in/blocksc50.php?format=print |archive-date=23 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/jat-sikhs-a-question-of-identity-tHD3K19QPM |title=Jat Sikhs: A Question of Identity |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

==History==
The archaeological explorations during the recent years have revealed the antiquity of the Hoshiarpur District to the [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Harappan Period]]. On the basis of surface exploration, the following new sited have been brought on the Archaeological map of India and the traces of the selfsame people as at [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro|Mohenjadaro]] have also been detected in the Hoshiarpur District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hoshiarpur.nic.in/html/history.htm#ancient|title=History & Culture}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Road===
[[File:Hoshiarpur bus stand.JPG|right|thumb|Bhagwan [[Valmiki]] ISBT]]
Hoshiarpur's Bus Stand is Bhagwan [[Valmiki]] Interstate Bus Terminal, which has a large network of bus services of [[Punjab Roadways]], Himachal Roadways, [[Delhi]], [[Haryana Roadways]], [[PEPSU Road Transport Corporation|P.R.T.C]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pepsurtc.gov.in/AboutUS.htm|title=PEPSU Road Transport Corporation, Patiala}}</ref> [[Chandigarh Transport Undertaking]], Jammu & Kashmir Roadways, Rajasthan State Roadways, apart from private operators.

===Rail===
[[Hoshiarpur railway station]] is a main railway station serving Hoshiarpur. Its code is HSX. It serves Hoshiarpur city. The station consists of one platform. The platform is not well sheltered. The station was constructed in 1905.The station has direct railway connectivity to [[Delhi]], [[Amritsar]], [[Jalandhar]] and [[Ferozpur]].

===Air===
The closest airport to Hoshiarpur is [[Adampur Airport]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoshiarpur.nic.in/how-to-reach/|title=How to reach}}</ref> {{cvt|25|km}} south-west of the city. [[Adampur Airport]], is a [[regional airport]] which serves one daily flight by [[Spicejet]] to [[Delhi Airport]] and another spicejet flight to Mumbai (Frequency varies). The nearest full fledge International Airport is [[Amritsar Airport|Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] in [[Amritsar]], which is situated around 125 km North-West of Hoshiarpur.

==Education==

===Universities===
[[File:College6.jpg|right|thumb|Panjab University Regional Centre]]

* [[Guru Ravidas Ayurved University]], Hoshiarpur
* [[Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur|Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre]]

==Notable people==
This list only includes notable people from Hoshiarpur City, for those born in Hoshiarpur district see that article.

===Politics===



*[[Mangu Ram Mugowalia]], prominent [[Ghadar Party]] leader and Freedom Fighter<ref>{{cite web|title=THE GREAT REVOLUTIONARY BABU MANGU RAM MUGOWALIA|url=http://www.ambedkartimes.com/babu_manguram.htm}}</ref>
* [[Harnam Singh Saini]], an Indian revolutionary
* Giani [[Zail Singh]] was elected from Hoshiarpur in 1980. After that he became Union Home Minister and later the President of India in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.bsnl.in/bsnl/asp/content%20mgmt/html%20content/hotnews/hotnews35448.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128174157/http://portal.bsnl.in/bsnl/asp/content%20mgmt/html%20content/hotnews/hotnews35448.html |archive-date=28 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/harkishen-singh-surjeet/recent/3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926143950/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/harkishen-singh-surjeet/recent/3|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-26|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News}}</ref>
* [[Kanshi Ram]] founder of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] won election from hoshiarpur in [[1996 Indian general election]]
* [[Avinash Rai Khanna]] a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader
* [[Santosh Chowdhary]] ex-MP Congress.
* [[Mayawati]] incontested M.P. election from Hoshiarpur [[1989 Indian general election]]
* [[Ambika Soni]] M.P. belongs to bajwara in Hoshiarpur.<ref>http://pbplanning.gov.in/pdf/MPLAD%20MPR%2031-5-2010.pdf</ref>
* [[Jagjit Singh Chauhan]] founder of [[Khalsa Raj Party]]
* [[Vijay Sampla]], (Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment) MP from [[Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hoshiarpur]] is actually from [[Jalandhar]] city. (born at Sofi Village, [[Jalandhar district]])
* [[Manmohan Singh]], (Former Prime Minister of India) studied Economics and got his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1952 and 1954 from Hoshiarpur city.
* Shri [[Varinder Singh Bajwa]] former Member of Parliament (Rajya sabha)

===Business===


* [[Lakshman Das Mittal]] Chairman [[Sonalika Group]] of industries.

===Arts and culture===



[[File:Simran Kaur Mundi at Marc Cains preview (2).jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Simran Kaur Mundi]]]]
[[File:Monica Bedi at the 8th Aap Ki Awaz Media Excellence Awards.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[Monica Bedi]] is from the city]]
* [[Mickey Singh]] singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, model and actor.
* [[Bhai Sahib Singh]] one of the [[Panj Pyare]]
* [[Gauri Khan]] (born Gauri Chhibber) belongs to Hoshiarpur and raised up in Delhi.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* [[Simran Kaur Mundi]] a Punjabi film actress is from village Mundian Jattan
* [[Harp Farmer]], an actor, director, producer, photographer was born in Hoshiarpur.
* [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] Punjabi Rapper from [[Delhi]] was born in Hoshiarpur.
* [[Monica Bedi]] a Punjabi actress is from village Chabbewal
* [[Piara Singh Gill]], [[nuclear physicist]]
* [[Kulwinder Dhillon]] singer from [[Mahilpur]]
* [[Amar Singh Shaunki]] [[Dhadi (music)|Dhadi]] singer
* [[Hard Kaur]] Indian [[rapper]]
* [[D. P. Singh]] a science populariser and environmental activist of Punjab.
* [[Satinder Sartaaj]] Singer also belongs to Hoshiarpur District.(village Bajrawar)
* [[Dr.Ganda Singh]] a Punjabi historian
* [[Intikhab Alam]] cricketer.
* [[Harbanse Singh Doman]] belongs to the Hoshirarpur
* [[Ustad Amanat Ali Khan]] Pakistani Classic and Ghazal Singer was born in Hoshiarpur
* [[Habib Jalib]] Pakistani revolutionary poet and left wing politician born on 24 March 1928 in a village near Hoshiarpur.
* [[Upasana Singh]] actress in Bollywood and comedian in TV was born at Tanda.
* [[Munir Niazi]] (1928–2006) was an Urdu and Punjabi poet born in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur
* [[Shehnaaz Kaur Gill]] actress and singer born in Hoshiarpur

=== Army ===



*[[Tufail Mohammad]] of [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)]], Recipient of [[Nishan-e-Haider]]
*[[Fazal Din]] of 7th Battalion ''10th Baluch Regiment, British Indian Army'', recipient of Victoria Cross.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://hoshiarpur.nic.in/ District web site]
* [http://mchoshiarpur.org/ Municipal Corporation, Hoshiarpur]

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