Lakhmir Wala (sometimes spelled Lakhmeerwala or Lakhmirwala) is a village in the Mansa district of

Indian Punjab Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and R ...

Geography

It's centered approximately at , located at only 19 km from Mansa and 10 km from Jhunir.

Chachohar Chachohar is a village in Mansa district of East Punjab. In 2009, the village was honored for increasing the number of girls in schools. The village was on the list for more than 90% of voting in the February 2012 election. Geography The vil ...

, Kot Dharmu, Bhamme Khurd, Akkan Wali and

Khiali Chehlan Wali Khiali Chehlan Wali (also spelled as Khiali Chahlan Wali or Khiali Chehlanwali) is a village in Mansa district of Punjab. It is predominated by the Jatt people of Chahal clan. Geography It is located at only 3 km from Jhunir. Kaur Wala ...

are the nearby villages.

History

Lakhmirwala is the site of archaeological remains belonging to the

Harappan Civilization Harappa (; Urdu/ pnb, ) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal. The Bronze Age Harappan civilisation, now more often called the Indus Valley Civilisation, is named after the site, which takes its name from a mode ...

. The

Archaeological Survey of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexande ...

has also conducted excavations at nearby Dhalewan that revealed Harappan Civilization finds.

Culture

Punjabi is the

mother tongue A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...

as well as the

official language An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...

here. The

Jatt Jatt may refer to: * Jat people, a social group of the Indian subcontinent * Jatt, Israel Jatt ( ar, جت; he, גַ'ת) is an Arab local council in the Triangle area of Haifa District in Israel. In it had a population of . History Antiquity ...

clan of the village includes,

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, Chahal, Brar Sidhu Bhathal and

Sandhu Sandhu or Sindhu is a clan or family name found among the Punjabi Jatts in India and Pakistan. It is Punjab's second largest Jatt clan. The etymology is connected to the word ''Sindhu'', the native name for the Indus river. Notable people with ...

BHATTI Bhatti () is a clan of Rajputs and Jats found in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Bhattis along with Bhuttos and Bhatias claim to have originated from the Hindu Bhati Rajputs. In the years preceding the Indian rebellion of 1857 the British ...

Religion

By religion, 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, the follower of

Sikhism Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...

with Hindu and

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

minorities.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the village has the total population of 1,584 with 280 households, 861 males and 723 females.Census of India Website: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
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