Taxis at the junction and for dargah visitors
Trains arrive from Jalandhar City, Phillaur and Lohian Khas, and Dera Baba Murad Shah is in the town.[4],[5]
- Fare and waiting-time replies
- Driver details the evening before
- Return-trip reminders
Punjab
WhatsApp Business API for Nakodar's junction taxis, transporters and shops
Nakodar sits where NH-703 crosses a junction railway, 25 km from Jalandhar. People arrive by train or by road and ask first; what a business may send back depends on when they last wrote.
- State
- Punjab
- District
- Jalandhar; Nakodar is a sub-division and a block[1]
- Road
- NH-703, Moga–Jalandhar section; Jalandhar about 25 km[4]
- Rail
- Nakodar Junction, to Jalandhar City, Phillaur and Lohian Khas[4]
- Shrine
- Dera Baba Murad Shah, a Sufi dargah founded in 1960[5]
- District ODOP
- Sports goods, hand tools, honey, leather[2]
A Nakodar business
- Sat Sri Akal. Four of us are coming to the dargah in Nakodar on Sunday by train from Jalandhar City. Can a car meet us at the junction?
- Sat Sri Akal ji. Yes, a car will wait at Nakodar Junction. Which train are you taking?
- The morning one, and we go back the same evening.
- Noted. You will get the driver's name and number on Saturday evening.
For the taxis that meet trains at Nakodar Junction and drive visitors to Dera Baba Murad Shah, the transporters on NH-703 between Moga and Jalandhar, and the shops selling Jalandhar district's tools, sports goods and honey: how one booking moves through WhatsApp's 24-hour window, and what each message costs.
See it work
One Nakodar taxi booking, state by state
A family coming to the dargah by train asks a Nakodar taxi operator to meet them at the junction. Walk the booking through its states to see when the operator may write freely and when it needs a template.
The booking itself costs only replies: the family asked, so the fare and the confirmation are service messages. The template appears once, on the evening before, because by then the family has gone quiet and the window has closed.
If the family replies to that pickup note, even with a thumbs-up, the window opens again and the operator can answer their next question freely.
Window open, booked, window closed, template
7 / 7
- No open chat to Window open: family writes
- Window open to Fare sent: operator replies with fare
- Fare sent to Booked: family confirms
- Booked to Window closed: 24 hours pass
- Window closed to Pickup template: evening before the trip
- Pickup template to Window open: family replies
- Window open to Opted out: family sends STOP
- No open chat
- Window open
- Fare sent
- Booked
- Window closed
- Pickup template
- Window open
Step 7 of 7 · end of walk
Window open
The family has written asking for a car from Nakodar Junction. For 24 hours the operator replies freely, in Punjabi or any language.
Arrived from Pickup template via family replies.
Can move to
- Fare sent · operator replies with fare
- Opted out · family sends STOP
Happy path, step 7 of 7: Window open (via family replies). The family has written asking for a car from Nakodar Junction. For 24 hours the operator replies freely, in Punjabi or any language.
Nakodar in eight lines
From the Jalandhar district administration, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Punjab profile; the town's history, road, railway and dargah are general background from Wikipedia.
Jalandhar district has five sub-divisions, Jalandhar I, Jalandhar II, Nakodar, Phillaur and Shahkot, and Nakodar is also one of its eleven blocks, alongside Mehatpur and Nurmahal among others.[1]
Tradition credits Nawab Kutb Khan with expelling the Kambohs from the town in 1570; Rajputs later held it in jagir from Emperor Jahangir, and Maharaja Ranjit Singh took it in 1816.[4]
Two large tombs from Jahangir's time stand outside the town.[4]
Nakodar lies on the Moga–Jalandhar section of NH-703, about 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana and 101 km from Amritsar.[4]
Nakodar Junction railway station connects to Jalandhar City, Phillaur and Lohian Khas.[4]
Dera Baba Murad Shah, a Sufi dargah in Nakodar, was established in 1960 by Baba Murad Shah; Sai Ghulam Shah, known as Laddi Shah, led it until his death on 1 May 2008.[5]
Invest India's ODOP list names sports goods, hand tools, honey and leather for Jalandhar district.[2]
IBEF lists Punjabi, Hindi and English as Punjab's languages and says the state is the source of 75% of India's sports goods production.[3]
Who in Nakodar answers on WhatsApp
Three businesses that follow from the junction, the highway and the district's ODOP list.
Transporters on NH-703
The highway runs through Nakodar on its Moga–Jalandhar section, with Ludhiana 49 km and Amritsar 101 km away.[4]
- Rate answers for a load
- Loading and trip notes
- Delivery confirmations and bills
Shops for the district's tools, sports goods and honey
Hand tools, sports goods, honey and leather are on Jalandhar district's ODOP list.[2]
- Stock and price replies
- Order-ready notes
- New-stock notes to customers who opted in
Punjabi templates, with Hindi and English beside them
All three are Meta template languages, and each version is its own template under the same name.
Replies need no template, so staff answer in whatever language a customer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Most customers, drivers and shopkeepers |
| Hindi | hi | Visitors and traders from other states |
| English (India) | en_IN | Bills, trip notes and companies' offices |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a month of bookings costs a Nakodar taxi operator
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply to a customer who wrote, ₹0.19 for a pickup or trip note, ₹0.94 for an offer to customers who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Nakodar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A visitor from Delhi or Jammu on an Indian number costs the same India rate as one from Jalandhar; a visitor on a foreign number is charged at that country's published rate. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Punjab GSTIN.
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What a Nakodar business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the states of the booking above.
- WhatsApp Coexistence
An operator already taking bookings on the WhatsApp Business app keeps it on the same number while the API sends the pickup templates.
- Template manager and library
Write the pickup, trip and order-ready templates once in Punjabi and Hindi, have them approved, and fill in the driver, train and time for each booking.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
The idle state depends on a recorded yes: InfiQ stores each customer's opt-in with its date and source and enforces STOP, even against numbers imported later.
Nearby
City pages around Nakodar
Neighbouring markets in Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Ludhiana districts, on the map.
Kapurthala and Phagwara have their own pages about their own trades, and so does Jagraon, south across the Satluj; this one stays with Nakodar's junction, highway and shops. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Nakodar teams
Questions Nakodar businesses ask
- Q1
Visitors to Dera Baba Murad Shah come to Nakodar by train and ask our taxi to meet them at the junction. Can we confirm the car on WhatsApp?
Yes. While the family is asking, the fare and the confirmation are replies at ₹0.145. The driver's details the evening before, sent after they have gone quiet, are a utility template at ₹0.19, with the driver, the number and the train as variables.
- Q2
Our transport firm runs loads on NH-703 between Moga and Jalandhar through Nakodar. Is a loading note to a trader a utility message?
Yes, when it concerns a load the trader booked. A loading or trip note with the truck number and expected arrival is a utility template at ₹0.19. A rate card sent to traders who never asked is marketing at ₹0.94, for those who opted in only.
- Q3
Our Nakodar shop stocks hand tools from Jalandhar district's makers. Can we send a new-stock list to every workshop that bought from us?
Only to workshops that agreed to hear about new stock. A new-stock list is a marketing template at ₹0.94. Ask for the yes when a workshop next buys or writes, and InfiQ records its source and date and enforces STOP.
- Q4
Customers write to our Nakodar honey shop in Punjabi. Can the order-ready template be in Punjabi too?
Yes. Punjabi (pa) is on Meta's template list, so the order-ready note can be a Punjabi utility template at ₹0.19, with a Hindi (hi) version under the same name for customers who prefer it. Replies to customers who write first need no template at all.
- Q5
Visitors ask our Nakodar guide service about the tombs from Jahangir's time outside the town. Is our answer a template?
No. When a visitor writes first, your answers about the tombs, the route and your fee are replies at ₹0.145 for 24 hours, with no template. A booking confirmation you send later, after they have gone quiet, is a utility template.
- Q6
Our Nakodar taxi already takes bookings from passengers on the Phillaur and Lohian Khas trains on the WhatsApp Business app. Can we keep the app?
Yes. With WhatsApp Coexistence the app stays on the same number while the API sends the pickup templates, within Meta's coexistence limits. Drivers keep chatting on the phone and the templates go out from InfiQ.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Sub-divisions and blocks · District Administration, Jalandhar · read 2026-10-21
- [2]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Punjab: state profile · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Nakodar (general history and geography only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Dera Baba Murad Shah (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [7]WhatsApp Business Management API: message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
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