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Bhar Singh Pura is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 10 km away from Phillaur. It is one of the medium-sized villages in Punjab. Almost one-third of the population of this village lives abroad. The outskirts of the village are lined with designers Kothies (Big Houses) built by the NRIs, who have a silent competition to show their worth. There is a full site of this village on Facebook. A number of people from this village have achieved remarkable positions in India as well abroad. NRIs have made a full-fledged gym in the village for the youth. The village has a Senior Secondary school and a good private-public school (Everlasting Convent School).
Bhar Singh Pura | |
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Village | |
  Bhar Singh Pura Location in Punjab, India  Bhar Singh Pura Bhar Singh Pura (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°03′33″N 75°52′11″E / 31.0591164°N 75.8696561°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Tehsil | Phillaur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,845[1] |
| Sex ratio 893/952 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144419 |
| Telephone code | 01826 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB 37 |
| Post office | Dayalpur |
| Website | jalandhar |
Caste
editThe main castes in this village are Jats, Harijans, Goldsmith, Brahman, and Weavers etc. The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 60.22% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Famous people
edit- Surinder Singh Nijjar (Judge of the Supreme Court of India).[2]
- Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh separatist leader involved with the Khalistan movement who was assassinated on 18 June 2023.[3]
Nearby villages
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