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Bajwa Khurd

Coordinates: 31°02′45″N 75°18′44″E / 31.0456962°N 75.3122618°E / 31.0456962; 75.3122618
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Bajwa Khurd
Village
Bajwa Khurd is located in Punjab
Bajwa Khurd
Bajwa Khurd
Location in Punjab, India
Bajwa Khurd is located in India
Bajwa Khurd
Bajwa Khurd
Bajwa Khurd (India)
Coordinates: 31°02′45″N 75°18′44″E / 31.0456962°N 75.3122618°E / 31.0456962; 75.3122618
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilShahkot
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total572[1]
 Sex ratio 309/263 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB- 08
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Bajwa Khurd is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. "Kalan" is Persian language word which means "big" and "Khurd" is Persian word which means "small". When two villages have same name then they are distinguished with Kalan for "Big" and Khurd for "Small" used with village name.

It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Shahkot, 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Nakodar, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from district headquarters Jalandhar and 180 kilometres (110 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

The sarpanch of the village is Kala Sarpanch.

To educate people there is an elementary school.

A fair at Gurdwara Sahib of Bajwa Khurs is celebrated by the villages of Aidalpur and Bajwa Khurd on 26 and 27 May.

Transport

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Shahkot Malisian station is the nearest train station. The village is 84 kilometres (52 mi) away from a domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 117 kilometres (73 mi) away in Amritsar.

References

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  1. ^ "Bajwa Khurd Population per Census India". Census of India, 2011.