Kharar is a town and a

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in Mohali district in the

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. It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "

Greater Mohali Greater Mohali is an extension of Mohali city and includes the areas of Kharar, Lalru and Landran. This area comes under Greater Mohali Area Development Authority ( GMADA). See also *Zirakpur Zirakpur is a satellite town, in Mohali Dis ...

" region.

Demographics

Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are

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making it the second Sikh majority town in the

region after

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. Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in

. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families.

Education

There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar. *Christian boys high school, Kharar established in 1891 and the school was headed by principal RW Ryburn . *Khalsa senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1920 *Arya senior secondary school and women college, Kharar was established in 1968 by Arya pratinidi sabha, Jalandhar. *Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975. *IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar *Vickram public high school kharar *Lawerance public senior secondary school, sector-51 Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as: * Rayat Bahra University, Sahauran *

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, Gharuan * Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran and Jhanjheri * Doaba Group of Colleges, Sahauran * Guru Gobind Singh College of Modern Technology, Khanpur * Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori * Government Polytechnic College, Khunimajra

Medical testing

Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination and a Forensic Laboratory, helpful for speedy justice in legal cases. Kharar has its own government hospital as well. It is situated in the north end of the city.

Commerce

Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall (VR Punjab Mall) (formerly known as North Country Mall) in Kharar is one of the largest

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s with an area of 2 million

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References

{{Ajitgarh district Cities and towns in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district