Raipur | |
Native Name: | رايپور |
Native Name Lang: | pa |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Pakistan Punjab#Pakistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | Punjab |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Raipur in Punjab, Pakistan |
Coordinates: | 30.3361°N 70.725°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khanewal |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Kabirwala |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Raipur (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|رائے پُور), (Panjabi; Punjabi: رائے پور) is a village in the Kabirwala Tehsil of Khanewal District[1] in Punjab, Pakistan. It is famous as the birthplace of Indian American Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana.[2]
After Partition of India, it was renamed as Gajani.
The village is situated in the Khanewal in the Pakistani Punjab, having the average elevation of 128 metres.