Jwalapur

Jwalapur
ज्वालापुर
Locality
Jwalapur is located in Uttarakhand
Jwalapur
Jwalapur
Location in Uttarakhand, India
Jwalapur is located in India
Jwalapur
Jwalapur
Jwalapur (India)
Country India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictHaridwar
CityHaridwar
Government
 • BodyHaridwar Municipal Corporation
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
249407
Vehicle registrationUK-08

Jwalapur is a town, a pargana and commercial district of Haridwar in Haridwar district in Uttarakhand. Historically, it was a separate settlement adjoining Haridwar; however, it is currently administered by the Haridwar Municipal Corporation. Located near the Ganga River Swami Vivekanand Park, and various temples, including those near Gau Ghat.

Jwalapur is one of Haridwar's principal traditional market areas and wholesale trading districts for Haridwar and nearby rural areas. Its commercial districts include Kathehra Bazaar, Peeth Bazaar, Chowk Bazaar and the old grain, vegetable and grass markets, Purani Anaj Mandi, Purani Sabzi Mandi and Purani Ghas Mandi.

History

A view of River Ganges around Jwalapur, in Haridwar.

Jwalapur developed as a settlement adjoining the historic pilgrimage city of Haridwar. During the Mughal period, the wider administrative area later known as the Jwalapur pargana was called Bhogpur. The 1909 Saharanpur Gazetteer records that the area continued for some time to be known as “Bhogpur alias Jwalapur”. In 1783, during Haridwar Kumbh Mela, it is mentioned to be 8 km from the city of Haridwar. The District Census Handbook for Haridwar records that fighting took place at Jwalapur, Haridwar, Kankhal and Roorkee during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In May 1868, Jwalapur, Haridwar and Kankhal were combined to form the Haridwar municipality, although the three continued to be regarded as distinct towns. The town was temporarily evacuated during the outbreak of plague in 1898, which helped in the containment the outbreak.

In 1901, it was a pargana in the Saharanpur district of the United Province, comprised 116 villages and covered approximately 149.55 square miles (387.3 km2). By the mid-20th century, Jwalapur had been incorporated into the municipal limits of the Municipal Board of Haridwar, and administered by the Haridwar Municipal Corporation. Subsequent urban expansion joined Jwalapur more closely with Haridwar, Kankhal, Ranipur and newer residential and industrial areas, around BHEL, Ranipur township and Shivalik Nagar.

Administration

Jwalapur is administered as part of the Haridwar Municipal Corporation. The locality also gives its name to the Jwalapur Assembly constituency, a constituency of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Education

In 1907, Gurukul Mahavidyalaya was founded at Jwalapur by the Arya Samaj scholar Swami Darshanananda for Sanskrit and traditional Indian education.

Transport

Jwalapur railway station is situated on the railway line serving Haridwar Junction railway station, under the Moradabad division of the Northern Railway zone. Jwalapur became the terminus of the first section of the Laksar–Dehradun line when the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway opened the broad-gauge railway from Laksar Junction to Jwalapur on 1 January 1886. The line was extended from Jwalapur to Haridwar on 20 August of the same year.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ english. "Jwalapur Town Pin Code - 249407, All Post Office Areas PIN Codes, Search haridwar Post Office Address". ABP Live. Retrieved 2026-01-24.
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  14. ↑ Rameshwar Deva v. District Magistrate, Saharanpur (Allahabad High Court 26 September 1958), Text.
  15. ↑ Haridwar City Development Plan (PDF) (Report). Uttarakhand Urban Development Project. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
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  18. ↑ List of Zone/Category-wise Railway Stations Opened for Passenger Services (PDF) (Report). Indian Railways. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
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  20. ↑ Singh, Surendra (1995). Urbanization in Garhwal Himalaya: A Geographical Interpretation. New Delhi: M.D. Publications. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-85880-69-3.

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