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Mahal Khurd

Coordinates: 31°04′27″N 76°01′16″E / 31.0741825°N 76.0210294°E / 31.0741825; 76.0210294
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Mahal Khurd
Village
Mahal Khurd is located in Punjab
Mahal Khurd
Mahal Khurd
Location in Punjab, India
Mahal Khurd is located in India
Mahal Khurd
Mahal Khurd
Mahal Khurd (India)
Coordinates: 31°04′27″N 76°01′16″E / 31.0741825°N 76.0210294°E / 31.0741825; 76.0210294
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictShaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
254 m (833 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,275[1]
 Sex ratio 632/643 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144518
Telephone code01823
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Post officeGarcha (S.O)[2]
Websitenawanshahr.nic.in

Mahal Khurd is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from sub post office Garcha, 11.9 kilometres (7.4 mi) from Nawanshahr, 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 97.4 kilometres (60.5 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Demography

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As of 2011, Mahal Khurd has a total number of 261 houses and population of 1275 of which 632 include are males while 643 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Mahal Khurd is 80.36%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 119 which is 9.33% of total population of Mahal Khurd, and child sex ratio is approximately 1380 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 48.08% of total population in Mahal Khurd. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 362 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Mahal Khurd which includes 344 males and 18 females. According to census survey report 2011, 97.51% workers describe their work as main work and 2.49% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]

Education

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KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi). The village is 75.5 kilometres (46.9 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 57.5 kilometres (35.7 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 46.3 kilometres (28.8 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.

List of schools nearby:

Transport

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Nawanshahr railway station is the nearest train station, However, Garhshankar Junction train station is 24.7 kilometres (15.3 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport located 57 kilometres (35 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 154 kilometres (96 mi) away in Amritsar.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mahal Khurd Population per Census India". 2011 Census of India.
  2. ^ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  3. ^ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
  5. ^ "District Census Handbook SBS Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  6. ^ "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
  7. ^ "Distance from Mahal Khurd (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
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