Shahkot, India
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| Coordinates | 31°05′N 75°20′E / 31.08°N 75.34°ECoordinates: 31°05′N 75°20′E / 31.08°N 75.34°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District(s) | Jalandhar |
| Population | 12,631 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 210 metres (690 ft) |
| Website | [http://www.shahkotcity.com
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Shahkot (Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਹਕੋਟ, Hindi: शाहकोट) is a small town near Dist. Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Shahkot is situated on the Jalandhar - Moga road. It is administrated the Municipal Committee. The town is surrounded by many small and big villages like "Dhandowal", "Kotla Suraj Mal"," kakra kalan ", "Tut Sher Singh","Kania Kalan", "Nangal Ambian" "Mianwal" "Nawan Qila","Kohar Khurd""Chack Bahmanian" "Sandanwal" amongst others. About 250 villages belongs to Shahkot tehsil. Shahkot is famous for its Red Chillies. Red roofs are a common site in Shahkot during chilli producing season.
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[edit] Website
http://www.shahkotcity.com website maintained by http://www.activeideas.net, Activeideas is a local website development firm. in www.shahkotcity.com website, every single business exist, you can search any shop contact details, important numbers like ambulance, police, doctors etc. you can see shahkot city map also on the following link: http://www.shahkotcity.com/map.php
[edit] Geography
Shahkot is located at 31°05′N 75°20′E / 31.08°N 75.34°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 210 metres (688 feet).... It is a Tehsil now. Pin Code of SHAHKOT is 144702.Shahkot is now subdivison and Tehsil too. Shahkot is famous for its red chilli market. It has also large number of rice mills in Punjab.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2003[update] India census,[2] Shahkot had a population of 12,631. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shahkot has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 67%. In Shahkot, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hinduism and Sikhism are the most predominant religions in Shahkot as Hinduism(60%) and Sikhism (39%) and Others(1%) shahkot is near the Satluj river which divide Doaba and Malwa.
[edit] Shahkot Administration
- Ex President Of Nagar Panchayat
Mr.Pawan Kumar Puri
- Congress Party
[edit] Major Shops
- Paigam Printes, Opposite Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Shahkot
- Friends Electronics, Main Bazaar
- Heera iron store,malsian road shahkot
- Saggar computer care hospital road shahkot
- Manisha beauty parlour sabzi mandi shahkot
- new grace beauty parlour (near saggar dhaba)
- Rajan Cloth House (Main Bazar), Prop: Kalicharan Sharma
- Panjab radios panchayat markit (SHAHKOT) prop; Rattan singh rakhra
- Aggarwal Auto Spares, opposite oriental bank, malsian road Shahkot
- Chandan Boot House,Main Bazaar,Shahkot
[edit] Famous Personalities
- Puran Shahkoti (Famous sufi singer)
- Ajit singh kohar (Revenue minster of punjab)
- Master Saleem (Famous Punjabi and Bollywood Singer)
- Mehar Deen (National Wrestler [Awarded as Rustame Hind)
[edit] Schools in Shahkot
As of 2008[update] Shahkot has the following schools:
- Sri Guru Ram Das Public School Shahkot
- Navyug Public School
- Public Senior Secondary School
- Govt.High School (Boys)
- Govt. High School (Girls)
- Ramgarhia Public
- Divya Jyoti Public School
- St. Jude Convent School
- Guru Teg Bahadur Model High School
- Sky Way public School
- govt s s school mulewal kherha
- state public school shahkot
- 77th Akal Academy Kakara Kalan (Baru Sahib) Ph.98787-15071, 9878584700 Web Link (Click it)
[edit] Colleges in Shahkot
- Mata sahib kaur (SGPC based) women college Dhandowal
- Ramgarhia college for girls
- S.P. college for girls
- SDM Public Co-ed College
[edit] Hospitals in shahkot
- Bansal Homoeo Hospital,Civil Hospital Road.9878693890
- Patanjali Chikatsalya Main Bazar 9815188103
- Dr. Dalip Singh Clinic Civil Hospital Road Shahkot
- Bhandal Hospital Moga Road
- Jain Hospital Moga Road
- Civil hospital
- Tagore Hospital Slaichan Road
- Pannu homoeopathic clinic Near Civil Hosp.(Dr.Baljit Singh Pannu)
- Chandigarh Dental Saidpur Road
- Shahkot Mission hospital
- Surindra hospital
- Sadana cardic hospital
- Chopra Hospital Saidpur Road
- Bhagwati Hospital and Nursing Home Slaichan road
- Bawa Hospital
- Thind Hospital
- Sukhmani Bone Hospital
- Harjai Dental Hospital Main Bazzar
- Naresh Hospital Civil Hospital Road
- Arora Hospital Moga Road
- Kanwal Dental Clinic
[edit] Social Organizations
- Helpline Group Shahkot (Regd) President Mr. Sita Ram Thakur
- Citizen Welfare Club (Regd.) Shahkot. Chairman Azad Singh Sachdeva, President Dr. Surinderpal Singh Kalra
- International Human Right Org. (Regd.) Block Shahkot. President Azad Singh Sachdeva
- Youth welfare club (R) Shahkot, President Mr. Davinder Singh Ahluwalia
- Sikh Students Federation, President Mr. Amandeep Singh Ahluwalia
- Niskam welfare club shalapur shahkot President Mr.Rajwinder singh dhanju
- Shri Satya Sai Baba Social & Welfare Society, Malsian (Shahkot),Rajan Trehan
- All India human rights committee (kamaljit bhatti. Gen sec. punjab)
- RTI SENA
- ALL INDIA CONSUMER PROTECTION ORGANISATION (Vice president, Punjab)
[edit] Petrol pump
- Shahkot filling station
- RR filling station
- Puri filling station
==References==
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Shahkot
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
