Kharar, SAS Nagar

For other uses, see Kharar (disambiguation).

Kharar
Town
Kharar is located in Punjab
Kharar
Kharar
Location in Punjab, India
Kharar is located in India
Kharar
Kharar
Kharar (India)
Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°39′E / 30.74°N 76.65°E / 30.74; 76.65
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictSahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district
Named forEducation Hub of Punjab
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyM.C. Kharar
Elevation
309 m (1,014 ft)
Language
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • SpokenPunjabi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)
140301
Area code0160
Vehicle registrationPB-27
Literacy72%

Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India.[1][2][3] It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at 30°44′N 76°39′E / 30.74°N 76.65°E / 30.74; 76.65[4] and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "Greater Mohali" region.

Demographics

Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.[5]

Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families.

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Kharar city, as of 2011 census.

Population by religious groups in Kharar city, 2011 census[6]
Religion Total Female Male
Sikh 43,089 20,562 22,527
Hindu 29,092 13,603 15,489
Muslim 1,136 516 620
Christian 851 428 423
Jain 97 46 51
Buddhist 3 1 2
Other religions 3 1 2
Not stated 189 85 104
Total 74,460 35,242 39,218

Education

There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar.

  • Christian boys high school, Kharar established in 1891 and the school was headed by principal RW Ryburn .
  • Khalsa senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1920
  • Arya senior secondary school and women college, Kharar was established in 1968 by Arya pratinidi sabha, Jalandhar.
  • Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975.
  • IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar
  • Vickram public high school kharar
  • Lawerance public senior secondary school, sector-51

Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:

Medical testing

Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination[7][8] and a Forensic Laboratory,[9] helpful for speedy justice in legal cases. Kharar has its own government hospital as well. It is situated in the north end of the city.

Commerce

Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall (VR Punjab Mall) (formerly known as North Country Mall) in Kharar is one of the largest shopping malls with an area of 2 million sq ft.[10][11] Village Nada, Tehsil- Kharar Distt- Mohali-160103

See also

References

  1. ^ "Welcome To SAS Nagar". sasnagar.gov.in. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Municipal Council KHARAR". mckharar.in. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Kharar MC will charge 29 colonies for water, sewerage from August 1". hindustan times. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kharar
  5. ^ "Kharar City Population Census 2011 - Punjab". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Kharar (M Cl)
  7. ^ S, TN (21 November 2017). "Lone lab takes 3 yrs to examine viscera". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Punjab: Lock to govt chemical lab found broken, probe is on". The Indian Express. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Kharar forensic lab scam: Ex-in-charge gets 7-year jail for altering reports". hindustan times. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. ^ S, TN (15 January 2018). "VR Punjab stamps its love for state". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. ^ "North Country Mall on Chandigarh-Kharar road sold for Rs 700 crore". hindustan times. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.