Payal, India

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Payal is a city in Ludhiana district in Punjab, India.

Demographics

As of 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". India census,[1] Payal had a population of 8150. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Payal has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 63%. In Payal, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Payal is pronounced (pie 'al) and is a popular Indian name that means anklets in Hindi. It is an ancient city, with more than 64 old temples built in the Mugal times. There are also ancient art pictures in the temples (Mahadev Mandir, Ganga Sagar, Nainda Devi, Ram Mandir and others). The city also has about six Gurudwaras (the main one was built on Old Mosques after the Partition of India) and a few mosques. There is also an old fort which has a girls school inside. Its original images and shapes have been destroyed and a few people have made shops under it.[2]

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