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| name = Laksar<br />
| other_name = Laksari<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|29.749|N|78.024|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Haridwar district|Haridwar]]<br />
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| area_rank = 1<br />
| area_total_km2 = 17<br />
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| elevation_m = 287<br />
| population_total = 50450<br />
| population_as_of = 2012<br />
| population_rank = 77%<br />
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 247663<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 1332<br />
| registration_plate = UK 17, UK08<br />
| website = {{URL|210.212.78.56/laksar/}}<br />
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'''Laksar''' is a small city and [[Nagar Palika]] in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]], situated along National Highway 334A. It is an important sugar manufacturing destination in the state and also known for the [[Laksar Junction railway station]] (LRJ), the largest railway junction in the state, which was built in 1866.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Laksar has an average elevation of 227&nbsp;metres (745&nbsp;feet). It is situated between the towns of [[Khanpur, Uttarakhand|Khanpur]] and [[Sultanpur, Uttarakhand|Sultanpur]], and close to the towns of [[Pathri]], [[Jhabrera]] and [[Roorkee]] in [[Haridwar district]].<ref>[http://www.bahutbadhiya.com/Uttaranchal/Laksar City page of Laksar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201104815/http://www.bahutbadhiya.com/Uttaranchal/Laksar |date=1 December 2008 }}</ref><br />
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==MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)==<br />
The area around Laksar is dominated by the GURJAR,Thakur Hindu community, and the current MLA is Sanjay Gupta. Prior MLAs serving Laksar were as follows:<br />
* 1991: Tejpal Singh Panwar , [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
* 1993: Tejpal Singh Panwar , [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
* 1998: [[Narendra Singh (politician)|Raja Narendra Singh]] Gurjar (present descendant of Landhora state)<br />
* 2002: [[Pranav Singh]] Gurjar(present descendant of Landhora state), [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
* 2007: [[Pranav Singh]] Gurjar(present descendant of Landhora state), [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
* 2012: Sanjay Gupta, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
* 2017: Sanjay Gupta, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of the 2001 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> Laksar had a population of 18,240. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Laksar had an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was listed at 75%, and female literacy at 59%. In Laksar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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|title=Religions in laksar<br />
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|72}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|25}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|0.7}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Jainism|Jains]]|pink|1.1}}<br />
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†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (1%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.2%).</small><br />
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==Transport==<br />
Laksar is well connected by road with [[Haridwar]], [[Saharanpur]], and [[Roorkee]] cities, and Laksar Junction railway station lies within the city. It was first connected with city of Haridwar through branch line in 1886, when the [[Awadh]] and Rohilakhand Railway line was extended through Roorkee to Saharanpur, this was later extended to [[Dehradun]] in 1900.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_381.gif Trade and Communications] ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', v. 21, p. 375.</ref><br />
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The nearest airport is [[Jolly Grant Airport]], [[Dehradun]], though [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] in [[New Delhi]] is preferred.<br />
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==Local administration==<br />
Today, Laksar is one of the four [[tehsil]]s in the [[Haridwar district]], and one of its six development blocks.<ref>[http://www.north-india.in/uttaranchal/districts/haridwar.htm Haridwar district] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070729073027/http://www.north-india.in/uttaranchal/districts/haridwar.htm |date=2007-07-29 }}</ref><br />
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[[Nagar Palika]] elections were held in Laksar for the first time in 1995.<ref>[http://210.212.78.56/laksar/English/08localadmin.html Local Administration]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of Laksar is Shri Sanjay Gupta,<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/feb2007/pollupd/ac/states/s28/aconst24.htm Laksar- Uttarakhand] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20070703053043/http://archive.eci.gov.in/feb2007/pollupd/ac/states/s28/aconst24.htm |date=3 July 2007 }} [[Election Commission of India]], State Elections 2007.</ref> in his first tenure from the Laksar region.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070223085304/http://210.212.78.56/laksar/English/indexcity.html Official website of Laksar city]<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/country/India/Uttaranchal/Laksar/ Laksar] at ''[[wikimapia]]''.<br />
* [http://weather.weatherbug.com/India/Laksar-weather.html Laksar weather]<br />
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