Garha, Phillaur

Garha
ਗੜਾ
Village
Garha
Garha

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°01′24″N 75°47′34″E / 31.0233791°N 75.7927116°E / 31.0233791; 75.7927116Coordinates: 31°01′24″N 75°47′34″E / 31.0233791°N 75.7927116°E / 31.0233791; 75.7927116
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 2,869[1]
  Sex ratio 1565/1304 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Garha (Punjabi: ਗੜਾ) is a large village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phillaur-Nawanshahr road 1 km away from Phillaur, 45 km from Jalandhar and 120 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 68.63% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.[1]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 9 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 33 km 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 140 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. 1 2 "Garha Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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