Urmar Tanda | |
Native Name: | Tanda |
Leader Title: | Head |
Leader Name: | S. Arsheen Singh |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.6919°N 75.6347°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hoshiarpur |
Government Type: | Aap |
Governing Body: | Aap |
Leader Title1: | MLA |
Leader Name1: | Jasvir Singh Raja Gill |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 128 |
Population Total: | 23,419 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | 2011 Census data[1] |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 144204 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01886 |
Urmar Tanda (in Panjabi; Punjabi pronounced as /oɽmʊɽ ʈãːɖaː/) is a town and municipal council in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, India.
In the 2001 Indian census,[2] Urmar Tanda's population contained 22,115 people, of whom 52% of them were male and 48% were female. Urmar Tanda has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the 59.5% national average. The literacy rate suggests there are gender differences in education with male literacy at 77% but female literacy at 71%. 11% of the population are under 6 years of age.
Urmar Tanda has a variety of tourist attractions such as Shimla Pahari Park; Shri Mahadev Mandir; Ram Mandir Ahiyapur; Jahara Peer; Gurudwara Pull Pukhta Sahib; Gurudwara Tahli Sahib;Bheem Mandir; Baba 'Jathere baba kamuana ji...saini(gehlan), every year they organise a akhand paath in June, thousands of peoples around the world gather to pray to sri guru granth sahib ji
Urmar Tanda is situated on NH-1A highway. The city has various railway and road links. State highways connect it to nearby cities such as Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Shri Hargobindpur and Dasuya. Urmar Tanda also has roads linking to Amritsar, Pathankot and Hajipur. It is on the junction of Chandigarh to Gurdaspur, Pathankot road and Pathankot to Jalandhar Road.
This city has been linked with Sikh Guru Har Gobind sahib Ji, the sixth guru in the history of the Sikhs, who visited various places such as village Pull Pukhta, and village Munak Kallan where he is said to have tied his horse and stayed for several days.
Gurudwara Pul Pukhta Sahib, a Gurudwara related to sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind, is situated on the banks of Kali Bein rivulet.[3]