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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lakhpur
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Lakhpur Gate.jpg
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31|16|44.46|N|75|48|58.87|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Punjab, India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kapurthala district|Kapurthala]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="maavooru.net"/>
| population_total = 1892
| population_as_of = 2001
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB—Punjab|PB]]-
}}

'''Lakhpur''' is a village near [[Sahni (Lakhpur-Sahni)]], Tehsil [[Phagwara]], [[Kapurthala district]], in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.2786698&lon=75.8163286&z=14&l=0&m=b&search=lakhpur|title=Lakhpur|work=wikimapia.org}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001|alt=According to the 2001 Census}},<ref name="maavooru.net">{{cite web|url=https://www.maavooru.net|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124075201/https://www.maavooru.net/|archivedate=24 November 2009|title=Maavooru.net|work=OurVillageIndia}}</ref> Lakhpur had a population of 1,892 people. As per the 2011 Census, the population is 1,895 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/final_pca.aspx |title=Census of India: Search Details |access-date=18 June 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316091754/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/final_pca.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The village has {{convert|401|acre|km2}}, of which {{convert|5|acre|m2}} is woodland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punjab.gov.in|title=Punjab|work=punjab.gov.in}}</ref> Lakhpur hosts the annual Dussehra Mela which can attract up to 4,000 people.
Neighbouring villages include [[Sahni (Lakhpur-Sahni)]], [[Malikhpur]], Begampur, [[Sangatpur]], [[Chak Prema]], [[Dhadday]], [[Dhadoli]] and [[Bir Dhadoli]].

==History==
It is said that the village is named after Maa Lakhi who had two sons and one daughter. The sons' descendants are divided into two pattis (groups of families descending from one common ancestor). The pattis are the "Surjan" patti and the "Moru" patti with the surname Dhadwal or Thadwal. It is believed that Maa Lakhi's descendants have been living in Lakhpur for the past 25 generations.

Some Dhadwal families have also settled in the village of Jagatpur near [[Mukandpur]] in the district of [[Nawanshahr]] (also known as [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]); in Apra, near [[Phillaur]]; and Mothada Kalan, also near [[Phillaur]].

The descendants of Maa Lakhi's daughter settled the neighbouring village of [[Bir Dhadoli]] and continue to reside in the village.

Maa Lakhi belonged to Ajnoha village near Nadalon in [[Hoshiarpur]]. Her husband's family also lived in Hoshiarpur near the present day [[Himachal Pradesh]] border. Maa Lakhi's father gave the couple land to settle on which became known as Lakhpur.

Villagers confirm that Maa Lakhi was a devotee of [[Bhagat Baba Kalu]] who lived during the 16th century and built a shrine in Panshta also known as [[Panchhat]]. Maa Lakhi took her children to the shrine, especially on the occurrence of [[Baisakhi]]. Therefore, the period when the village was settled could be at any time during the 16th century, making the village at least 400 years old.

According to local tradition, Lakhpur was already an established village at the time when Sri [[Guru Har Gobind|Guru Hargobind]] Sahib Ji visited Lakhpur whilst he was travelling from [[Kartarpur, India|Kartarpur]] to [[Kiratpu]]r Sahib. He then went to [[Palahi]] (near Phagwara) in 1635, where he was involved in a battle against the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s led by Ahmad Khan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sgpc.net/gurus/guruhargobind.asp|title=Guru Hargobind|work=sgpc.net}}</ref> It is said that Guru Ji visited Lakhpur before visiting [[Chak Prema]] and stopping at [[Palahi]]. Guru Ji also visited [[Domeli]], [[Hadiabad (Phagwara)|Hadiabad]] and [[Phagwara]] where Gurdwaras have been built in memory of the visit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt1.htm#cont|title=Punjab District Gazetteers Kapurthala|work=punjabrevenue.nic.in|edition=First|date=1984|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913200735/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt1.htm#cont|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Around Lakhpur==
The village has four Gurdwaras. The oldest, Gurdwara Sahib [[Guru Granth Sahib]], is managed by the Shromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/Sikh_Gurrdwara_Act1925.pdf|title=Sikh Gurrdwara Act 1925|work=mha.nic.in}}</ref> The dharamsal of [[Bhagat Jawala Dass Ji]] is currently being reconstructed and will be the fifth Gurdwara.

The village also has a [[pharmacy]], a [[Mandir]], the [[shrine]] of Lakha Datta Pir ([[Sakhi Sarwar]]), the dharamsals of Baba Ram Dass Ji, Baba Amar Dass Ji and Guru [[Ravidas]] Ji, the [[Baba Balak Nath]] [[Mandir]] and shrine of [[Bhagat Baba Kalu]], a [[Primary education|primary school]], Government [[High school|Secondary School]] (which runs the Galaxy Science Club),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/vipnet/vipnetnew/State.aspx?st=Punjab|title=Punjab|work=vigyanprasar.gov.in|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929102316/https://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/vipnet/vipnetnew/State.aspx?st=Punjab|archivedate=29 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a [[Post Office]], [[Shaheed Shrine]]s, a [[bank]], a [[Mosque]], [[Jathera]] and some [[retailing|shop]]s. The nearest railway station is in [[Phagwara]]. The nearest [[police station]] is the [[Rawal Pindi.]] police station.

<gallery mode=packed heights=165>
File:Lakhpur Mosque.jpg|Lakhpur Mosque
File:Lakhpur Serai.JPG|Lakhpur Serai
File:Lakhpur Dussehra Ground.jpg|Lakhpur Dussehra Ground
File:Lakhpur Baba Amar Das Ji.jpg|Lakhpur Baba Amar Das Ji
File:Lakhpur Medical Centre.jpg|Lakhpur Medical Centre
File:Lakhpur Guru Ravi Das Ji.jpg|Lakhpur Guru Ravi Das Ji
File:Lakha Data.jpg|Lakha Data
File:Lakhpur Gurdwara Beri Sahib Ji.jpg|Lakhpur Gurdwara Beri Sahib Ji
File:Lakhpur Shiv Duala (Mandir).jpg|Lakhpur Shiv Duala (Mandir)
File:Lakhpur Gurdwara.jpg|Lakhpur Gurdwara
File:Lakhpur Senior School.jpg|Lakhpur Senior School
</gallery>

==Sports tournament==
A [[Kabaddi]] and sports tournament was hosted at the Lakhpur Government Senior Secondary School between 4 and 6 March 2011. Various villages entered the tournament which included [[Sangatpur]], [[Jagpalpur]], [[Ghumana]], Manaka, Harkowal and Akalgarh.

==Religion==
Lakhpur is a mix of [[Sikhs]] and [[Hindus]]. It also has a [[Muslim]] [[Gujjar]] and [[Bazigar]] settlement.

==Location of Lakhpur==
Lakhpur is located east of the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur Road. Heading north from [[Phagwara]] for 5 km, one must turn right opposite [[Khatti]] and travel for 2.2 km on the Chak Prema-Lakhpur Road.
[[File:Lakhpur New Map.png]]

==Gurdwara Sahib Guru Granth Sahib==
During the times of Guru [[Arjan Dev]] Ji, the village was known as Lakhu Pur. People of the village used to go to [[Amritsar]] to pay homage to Guru [[Arjan Dev]] Ji. Remembering this, [[Guru Har Gobind|Guru Hargobind]] Sahib Ji and Sri Guru [[Har Rai]] Sahib Ji visited Lakhpur where they held congregations to preach about Sikhism.<ref>Sadhe Itihasak Gurdham - Majha, Malwa, Doaba, Himachal Pradesh De Gurdware. Giani Bhajan Singh - Star Books 2003</ref>

The people of Lakhpur built a dharamshala on the spot where the congregations were held. Later, Gurdwara Sahib [[Guru Granth Sahib]] was built on the same exact spot.

==Chitti Bein and the Great Flood==
[[File:Chitti Bein by Lakhpur.jpg|thumb|left|Chitti Bein by Lakhpur]]
The Chitti (White)Bein passes through all districts of doaba and drains into the [[Sutlej]], near Harike in [[Amritsar]] District. It also flows near Lakhpur.

Locals recall the flood of the mid 1940s, known as the Great Flood. It is said that the Chitti Bein breached its banks at a number of places, causing severe devastation. The water reached as far as the gate of the middle part of Lakhpur.

So much damage was caused to the G.T Road near Chiheru that a new section of the Road had to be constructed.

The Chitti Bein is prone to seasonal flooding because seasonal [[torrent (stream)]]/torrents, known in Punjabi as choes, drain into it. The most famous are the Maili Choe; the Jammanwala Choe and the Nasrala Choe.

The Maili Choe takes its name from the Maili Dam near the village of Maili in [[Hoshiarpur]] District. It merges with the Chitti Bein near the village of Cheta ([[Nawanshahr]] District).

The Jamanwala Choe winds it way through [[Hoshiarpur]] district flowing near the villages of [[Panchhat]], [[Narur]], Nasirabad and drains into the Chitti Bein near [[Malikhpur]]. Both these choes drain into the Chitti Bein prior to flowing near Lakhpur. It is for this reason that there is wetland, near the Lakhpur woodland, which is caused when the Chitti Bein breaches its bank.

After flowing near Lakhpur, the Chitti Bein flows for some kilometres, and is joined by the Nasrala Choe which takes its name from the Nasrala bridge near the village of Nasrala on the Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar Road. It merges with the Chitti Bein near the village of Ucha. The [[Narur]] choe joins the Nasrala Choe near the village of [[Babeli]].

==See also==
* [[Sakhi Sarwar Saint]]
* [[Sakhi Sarwar]]
* [[Gugga]] Ji
* [[Bhagat Baba Kalu]] Ji
* [[Shaheed Shrine]]
* [[Phagwara]]
* [[Kapurthala]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakhpur-Phagwara/111434462282181#!/pages/Lakhpur-Phagwara/111434462282181?sk=wall Lakhpur facebook]

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[[Category:Villages in Kapurthala district]]

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MohammadMullen at 12:43, 12 March 2026