Buttar Kalan is a village in the

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(India), located on the Moga-

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Highway 703. Buttar village is located in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It is situated 17km away from Moga, which is both district & sub-district headquarter of Buttar village. As per 2009 stats, Butter Khurd is the gram panchayat of Buttar village.

Khurd and Kalan Khurd and Kalan (Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, خرد اور کلاں Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, خرد اتے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the smaller (Khu ...

are Persian words meaning "small" and "big" respectively. When two villages have the same name, they are differentiated by adding "Khurd" or "Kalan" to their names. PIN code for the village is 142040 with post office established in the village.

Administration

When it comes to administration, Buttar Kalan village is administrated by a sarpanch who is elected representative of the village by the local elections. As per 2019 stats, Buttar village comes under Nihal singhwala assembly constituency & Faridkot parliamentary constituency. Moga is nearest town to Buttar village for all major economic activities. Currently due to the population size, Buttar village elect 2 sarpanchs for Dhillon patti and Bhullar patti.

Culture and People

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is the

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as well as the

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of the village, predominated by the

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of the

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village. Genetic studies conducted of this area confirm steady amounts of

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ancestry and detectable levels of Dravidian influences in the population. As in other parts of

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, skin color ranges from almost white to almost black in Buttar, however, the most common skin colors are medium brown and dark brown. Exposure to the sun accounts for the darker complexion of

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farmworkers. As a rule, the hair color is almost always dark brown and frequently curly in texture, but traces of

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in hair and eye color are present in small percentages. Most of the populations is sikh and hindu with very few muslim families.

Religion

Currently the village is predominated by the

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...

s with hindu and a very few muslims families established in the village. Majority of the population follow Sikh religion. Currently village have gurudawra, hindu temple and mosque for the worshipers. Baisakhi is celebrated every year in the village and Baisakhi fair is celebrated for 3 days in the month of April every year.

History

Buttar is in an area established during the Vedic times by Central Asian immigrants. It was home to a secondary school that attracted students from nearby villages. There are many political celebrities from this village. Buttar has steadily grown, but it had split into two parts due to the Panchayati Department, and currently it is known by Dhillon Buttar, and Bhullar Buttar. Buttar has held tournaments every year for youngsters and other people. Three-fourths of the people from this village live abroad in places such as Canada, USA, Australia, and many other countries.

Education

Buttar currently have 2 government high schools established in the village during the British era. Both of the separate schools are boys and girls high school. Till after independence these government high schools are the only source of education for boys and girls. Very prominent people have been educated at this schools.

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