Cheema Khurd is a village in
Phillaur
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in
Jalandhar district
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Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent ...
of
Punjab
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, India. In the Persian language, ''Kalan'' is translated as 'big' and ''Khurd'' as 'small'. Cheema Khurd is situated beside
Cheema Kalan.
It is located from the sub district headquarter and from district headquarter. The village is
administrated by
Sarpanch
A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...
, an elected representative of the village.
Demography
, the village has a total number of 240 houses and the population of 1105 of which 550 are males while 555 are females.
According to the report
published
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by
Census India
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in 2011, out of the total population of the village 521 people are from
Schedule Caste and the village does not have any
Schedule Tribe population so far.
Dutch international cricketer
Vikramjit Singh
Vikramjit Singh (born 9 January 2003) is an Indian-born Dutch cricketer. He made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in 2019 as a left-handed opening batsman.
Personal life
Singh was born on 9 January 2003 in Cheema Khurd, Punja ...
was born in the village.
Notable People
*
Vikramjit Singh
Vikramjit Singh (born 9 January 2003) is an Indian-born Dutch cricketer. He made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in 2019 as a left-handed opening batsman.
Personal life
Singh was born on 9 January 2003 in Cheema Khurd, Punja ...
– Netherlands Cricketer
*
Ranjit Cheema Canadian gangster
See also
*
List of villages in India Villages
India
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References
External links
Tourism of PunjabCensus of Punjab
Villages in Jalandhar district
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