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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mahilpur
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = city
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.36258|N|76.03758|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hoshiarpur district|Hoshiarpur]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = Settled & renamed in the second half of 15th century or early 16th century
| founder = Bains Jatts
| named_for = Chaudhary Mahla Bains
| government_type = Democratic.
| governing_body = Nagar panchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 6.56
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 296
| population_total = 16,098
| population_as_of = 2024 estimate
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 146105
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 1884
| registration_plate = PB-07
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Mahilpur''' is a town and [[Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Hoshiarpur district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. <ref>{{Cite web| title=Villages and Category | url=http://www.pbplanning.gov.in/districts/Mahilpur.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502065001/http://www.pbplanning.gov.in/districts/Mahilpur.pdf | archive-date=2012-05-02}}</ref>

==History==
The 1905 Gazetteer mentioned Mahilpur as the seat of [[Bain (surname)|Bains]] [[Jats|Jat]] clan of this area.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&q=Barah |title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province |date=1997 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-85297-68-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJsIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Bains+jats&pg=RA4-PA66 |title=Gazetteer of the Ambala District: 1883 |date=1883 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.30624 |title=Punjab district gazetteers Hoshiarpur district vol.XIIIA; pt.A |date=1905 |language=English}}</ref> Mahilpur was also the seat of Bains Jat Chaudhris/Jagirdars of the area during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] era<ref>{{Cite book |last=Montgomery |first=J. A. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H09mQJyn154C&q=Chaudris+mahlpur |title=Final Report of Revised Settlement, Hoshiarpur District, 1879-84 |date=1885 |publisher=Calcutta Central Press Company |language=en}}</ref>.[[File:Mahilpur Map year 1788.jpg|center|thumb|392x392px|A historical map mentioning Mahilpur from 1 January 1788 by [[James Rennell]] ]]

==Demographics==
Mahilpur had a population of 11,360 according to the [[2011 census of India|2011 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Punjab - District census handbook - Hoshiarpur | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0304_PART_B_DCHB_HOSHIARPUR.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114005506/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0304_PART_B_DCHB_HOSHIARPUR.pdf | archive-date=2015-11-14}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Mukhomazara]]
*[[Dandiyan]]
*[[Kalewal Fattu]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hoshiarpur district]]

Mahilpur - Revision history

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