Buttran is a small village located in the Bhogpur

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent ...

in the

Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states ...

. The village is dominated by the Jatts of

Buttar Buttar is a Jat people, Jat clan and surname found in the Punjab region of both India and Pakistan. List of notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Muhammad Javed Buttar, former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Ma ...

clan.

Demographics

In 2001, according to the census then, the village had a population of 1,580 with 295 households, 827 males and 753 females. Thus the males constitutes 52% and females 48% of the population with the

sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

of 910 females per thousand males.

Culture

The majority of the villagers belongs to the

clan of Jatts. Punjabi is the

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

as well as the official language here.

Religion

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

is the main religion followed by villagers, with a minority of Hindus.

Gurudwara A gurdwara or gurudwara () is a place of assembly and worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths and religions are welcomed in gurd ...

s located in the village are the main religious sites.

References

{{Jalandhar district Villages in Jalandhar district