Laksar is a small town, near Haridwar city and

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Haridwar district Haridwar district () also spelled as ''Hardwar'' is a district in Garhwal which is a part of Uttarakhand, India. It is headquartered at Haridwar which is also its largest city. The district is ringed by the districts Dehradun in the north and ...

of the

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state of

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, situated along National Highway 334A. It is an important sugar manufacturing destination in the state and also known for the

Laksar Junction railway station Laksar Junction railway station is a railway station located in Laksar, a small city in Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Laksar Junction railway station (code LRJ) is a major railway station in Uttarakhand, the largest ra ...

(LRJ), the largest railway junction in the state, which was built in 1866.

Geography

Laksar has an average elevation of 227 metres (745 feet). It is situated between the towns of Khanpur and Sultanpur, and close to the towns of Pathri,

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and Roorkee in

MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)

The area around Laksar is dominated by the Gurjar,Hindu community, and the current MLA is Sehjad. Prior MLAs serving Laksar were as follows: * 1991: Tejpal Singh Panwar ,

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* 1993: Tejpal Singh Panwar ,

* 1996: Mohammad Mohiuddin, (politician) * 2002:

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Gurjar(present descendant of Landhora state),

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* 2007:

Gurjar(present descendant of Landhora state),

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* 2012: Sanjay Gupta,

* 2017: Sanjay Gupta,

Demographics

As of the 2001 India

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, 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.

Transport

Laksar is well connected by road with

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the righ ...

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as on ...

, 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

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and Rohilakhand Railway line was extended through Roorkee to Saharanpur, this was later extended to

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

in 1900. The nearest airport is

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, though

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is preferred.

Local administration

Today, Laksar is one of the four

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s in the

, and one of its six development blocks.

elections were held in Laksar for the first time in 1995. The current MLA of Laksar is Shri Sanjay Gupta,Laksar- Uttarakhand

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, State Elections 2007. in his first tenure from the Laksar region.

References

External links

Official website of Laksar city

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Laksar weather
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