Ghar is a village in
Dhar Kalan tehsil in
Pathankot district
Pathankot district, is the northernmost district of the Indian state of Punjab. Pathankot city is the district headquarters. The district was created on 27 July 2011.
Etymology
The original name of Pathankot was ''Paithan'' during the Mughal ...
of
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
. It is located from
Pathankot City, district headquarters and from state capital
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
. The village is
administrated by
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 ...
an elected representative of the village.
Demography
, The village has a total number of 179 houses and the population of 852 of which 437 are males while 415 are females according to the report
published by
Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of the village is 76.34%, highest than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 104 which is 12.21% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1039 highest than the state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 37.68% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 325 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 238 males and 87 females. According to census survey report 2011, 48.31% workers describe their work as main work and 51.69% workers are involved in marginal activity providing the livelihood for less than 6 months.
Transport
The nearest
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...
is located away in Dalhousie road and
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India, located 11 km (7 mi) north-west from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar. The ...
is away from the village.
See also
*
List of villages in India Villages
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian ...
References
{{Gurdaspur district
Villages in Gurdaspur district