Jagraon is a city and a municipal council in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Jagraon is more than five centuries old. It has been thought by some that the city's original name was "Jagar aon", meaning 'A place of great flooding', although this flooding has since ceased. It could also be argued that Jagraon actually derives from a source with a suffix -graon being a development of the Sanskrit grama, m., "Village" as found in Hindi gaon, id. Jagraon is located at almost the geographical center of Punjab state, only 16 kilometres from the River Satluj. Jagraon is also headquarters of one of the Police Districts of Punjab.