Dhak Chair is a village in Phagwara Tehsil in
Kapurthala district
Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.
Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people ...
of
Punjab
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, India. It is located from
Kapurthala
Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent build ...
, from Phagwara. The village is
administrated by a
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
who is an
elected representative
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of village as per the
constitution of India
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and
Panchayati raj (India)
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It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-gov ...
.
Demography
According to the report published by
Census India
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in 2011, Dhak Chair has 9 houses with the total population of 59 persons of which 33 are male and 26 females.
Literacy
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rate of Dhak Chair is 81.13%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 6 which is 10.17% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 1000, higher than the state average of 846.
Population data
Nearby villages
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Bhabiana
Bhabiana is a village in Phagwara Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Kapurthala, from Phagwara. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitut ...
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Brahampur
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Chair
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Dhak Malikpur
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Dhak Manak
Dhak Manak is a village in Phagwara Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab, India, Punjab States and territories of India, State, India. It is located from Kapurthala, from Phagwara. The village is Administration (government), administrated ...
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Domeli
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Malikpur
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Manak
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Sahni Sahni (alternatively Sawhney, Sahney, Shahani , or Sahani ) is an Indian (Khatri) surname found among the Hindus or Sikhs of Punjab.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Ajai Sahni, author and expert on counter-terrorism
* Ajay Prakash S ...
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Wahid Wahid or Waheed is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "One", "Absolute One". Al-Wahid is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Given name
* Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996),
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Villages in Kapurthala
Villages in Kapurthala district
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