Bhar Singh Pura

Bhar Singh Pura
Village
Bhar Singh Pura Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Bhar Singh Pura Bhar Singh Pura (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 31.0591164°N 75.8696561°E / 31.0591164; 75.8696561
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,845[1]
	Sex ratio 893/952 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144419
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Post office	Dayalpur
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Bhar Singh Pura is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 10 km away from Phillaur. It is one of the medium-sized villages in Punjab. Almost one-third of the population of this village lives abroad. The outskirts of the village are lined with designers Kothies (Big Houses) built by the NRIs, who have a silent competition to show their worth. There is a full site of this village on Facebook. A number of people from this village have achieved remarkable positions in India as well abroad. NRIs have made a full-fledged gym in the village for the youth. The village has a Senior Secondary school and a good private-public school (Everlasting Convent School).

Caste

The main castes in this village are Jats, Harijans, Goldsmith, Brahman, and Weavers etc. The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 60.22% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Famous people

• Surinder Singh Nijjar (Judge of the Supreme Court of India).[2]
• Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh separatist leader involved with the Khalistan movement who was assassinated on 18 June 2023.[3]

Nearby villages

• Apra
• Bansian
• Nagar
• Thalla
• Sultanpur
• Raipur
• Dayalpur

References

1. "Bhar Singh Pur Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
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