As per the 2001 India census, Zirakpur had a population of 25,006. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Zirakpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 56%. In Zirakpur, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Majority of the population are of Hindu and Sikh faith. Members of other religions are also present.
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Under-construction flyover (2008) in Zirakpur, now completed (2009)
Under-construction flyover (2008) in Zirakpur, now completed (2009)
A Ludhiana-based gangster, wanted for several heinous crimes, was shot in the leg during an encounter with Mohali police ShivaEnclave on VIP Road, Zirakpur, on Friday night.
Bajinder, who runs a church at Majri, was arrested at the Delhi airport on July 20, 2018, for ‘raping’ a Zirakpur woman ... Bajinder is out on bail in the Zirakpur case ... In the Zirakpur case, the victim, ...
Four days after a 23-year-old Zirakpur woman was found dead in a rivulet in Rajpura on Monday, police cracked the case on Friday with the arrest of the prime accused and his two accomplices.
Twelve days after a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death by a group of men in Zirakpur, police caught three of the four accused, including a juvenile, on Tuesday ...News / Cities / Chandigarh / Three arrested for Feb 28 murder in Zirakpur.
A day after a 23-year-old woman from Zirakpur was found dead near Banur in Rajpura, the police arrested one of the four accused on Tuesday ... The victim was a resident of BadalColony in Zirakpur who went missing from her house on March 7.
... truck near Patiala Chowk in Zirakpur around 3.30 am on Sunday. The victim was identified as Kamrudin, an Uttar Pradesh native, according to Zirakpur police.
Bajinder was arrested at the Delhi airport on July 20, 2018, for alleged rape of a Zirakpur woman, when he was about to board a flight to London where he was scheduled to attend an event ... Then Zirakpur ...
Two days after a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death by a group of men in Zirakpur, the accused remain out of police grasp despite being identified ...News / Cities / Chandigarh / Zirakpur murder.