Bhakhriana is a village in Phagwara in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from sub district headquarter and 44 kilometres (27 mi) from district headquarter. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village. This is the hometown of Famous punjabi singer Jass Manak Bhakhriana is village of persons who participated 1st world war s Bishan Singh and 2nd world war 8 veterans nos with Lieutenent Harcharan Singh decorated by many military awardee. First Junior Commissioned Officer of this village, was commisioned in first Gazette of India on 15th Aug,1947 by President of India. In Oct 1947 , first war in Teetwal J&K 1 with PAKISTAN Sikh Regt Sepoy Gurbachan Singh was awarded VIR CHAKKARA gallantry award after death, was of this village. Village was part of Phagwara taluka PEPSU state since 1966. Now it falls in Phagwara Taluka and Kapurthala District of East Punjab. Primary school was established before 1952 and upgraded Middle by 2008. In 1993, Punjab PWD (B&R) minister Mr. Joginder Singh Maan executed a Bridge on weinhi(ਵੇਈ) and connected to Taluka Phagwara.
Bhakhriana ਭਾਖੜੀਆਣਾ | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 31°18′34.49″N 75°41′40.31″E | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
District | Kapurthala |
Tehsil | Phagwara |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayat raj |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Area | |
• Total | 547.56 ha (1,353.05 acres) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,512 783/729 ♂/♀ |
• Scheduled Castes | 675 349/326 ♂/♀ |
• Total Households | 340 |
Languages | |
• Official | Punjabi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
Website | kapurthala |
As of 2011[update], The village has a total number of 340 houses and the population of 1512 of which 783 are males while 729 are females.[1] According to the report published by Census India in 2011, out of the total population of the village 675 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]
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