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Bharta Kalan
ਭਰਤਾ ਕੱਲਾਂ | |
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Village | |
  Bharta Kalan Location in Punjab, India  Bharta Kalan Bharta Kalan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°02′38″N 76°04′04″E / 31.0439811°N 76.0677802°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,747[1] |
| Sex ratio 882/865 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144518 |
| Telephone code | 01823 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Post office | Garcha[2] |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Bharta Kalan (Template:Lang-pa) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from Garcha, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Banga, 17.7 kilometres (11.0 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 94.6 kilometres (58.8 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
Demography
As of 2011, Bharta Kalan has a total number of 355 houses and population of 1747 of which 882 include are males while 865 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Bharta Kalan is 78.68%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 171 which is 9.81% of total population of Bharta Kalan, and child sex ratio is approximately 988 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 19.86% of total population in Bharta Kalan. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 547 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bharta Kalan which includes 495 males and 52 females. According to census survey report 2011, 72.94% workers describe their work as main work and 27.06% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]
Education
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with aecondary/higher secondary school founded in 1955.[6][7] The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away and Lovely Professional University 51 kilometres (32 mi) away from the village.
Landmarks and history
Gurudwara Sheed Singh, Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Shiv Mandir and Roja Baba Peer Ji are religious sites. The village also has a community hall and a playground.
Transport
Nawanshahr railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 52 kilometres (32 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 159 kilometres (99 mi) away in Amritsar.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Bharta Kalan Population per Census India". 2011 Census of India.
- ^ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette).
- ^ "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
- ^ "District Census Handbook SBS Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ a b "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
- ^ "Details about GSSS Bharta Kalan School". icbse.com.
- ^ "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
- ^ "Distance from Bharta Kalan (Multiple routes)". Google Map.