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Jalandhar
Metropolis in Punjab, India

Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab in India.

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With a considerable population, it ranks as the third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the historical Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected junction for both rail and road networks. The National Highway 1 (NH1), crosses Jalandhar.

Get in

Getting to Jalandhar

Travel options from Delhi include train and road travel. Jalandhar is well connected by trains, including a Shatabdi train from Delhi to Amritsar via Jalandhar which runs twice a day with air-conditioned chair car coaches. Jammu Mail, among others, runs in the night from Delhi to Jalandhar.

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    Jalandhar Cantonment
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    Jalandhar City Junction

    Apart from trains, Jalandhar is easy accessible by buses plying from all over the North India.

See

Worth seeing

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    Devi Talab Mandir

    Nakodar Road.

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    Nikku Park

    Nice park for strolling.

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    Sodal Mandir

    Pathankot Road, Laxmi Pura.

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    Nakodar

    The town was founded by the Hindu Kamboh.

Do

Things to do

Bowling - Prithvi's Planet

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    Pushpa Gujral Science City

    Almost all students in Punjab are taken on school trips to visit Science City.

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    Wonderland

    One the best place for enjoyment for one day outing for the entire family with thrilling rides, water games and many more.

Eat

Where to eat

Jalandhar offers a variety of delicious authentic Punjabi food. Some of the "must-eat" dishes are: Aloo ka paratha, bread stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes. Channa Bhatura, chickpeas cooked in a spicy onion-tomato and served with fried Indian bread called bhatura. Falooda, a cold beverage made from mixing rose syrup, vermicelli, psyllium. Kulfi, frozen dairy dessert served as ice cream.

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    Headquarters

    New Jawahar Nagar.

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    Heat 7

    H.0.569-570, New Jawahar Nagar Market (Near GTB Market), +91 97815 73700 (Mobile).

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    Lovely Sweets

    Nakodar Road, Jyoti Chowk,.

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    Manni Vaishno Dhaba

    Connaught Circus,.

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    New Manni Dhaba

    Market Rd,.

How locals move

Getting around Jalandhar the local way

  • Get aroundRickshaw (pedicab) Auto-rickshaw Bus City cab (taxi)

From Wikivoyage: Jalandhar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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