Kharar, SAS Nagar

Kharar
ਖਰੜ
Town
Kharar
Location in Punjab, India
Kharar
Kharar (India)
Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°39′E / 30.74°N 76.65°E / 30.74; 76.65Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°39′E / 30.74°N 76.65°E / 30.74; 76.65
Country  India
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district
Named for Education Hub of Punjab
Government
 • Type Municipal Council
 • Body M.C. Kharar
Elevation 309 m (1,014 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 221,323
Language
 • Official English
 • Spoken Punjabi
Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode(s) 140301
Area code(s) 0160
Vehicle registration PB-27
Literacy 72%

Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in the state of Punjab.[1][2][3] Kharar is located at 30°44′N 76°39′E / 30.74°N 76.65°E / 30.74; 76.65[4] and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). It is near Chandigarh and is often referred to as "Greater Mohali" due to its close proximity to Mohali.

Demographics

Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. 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. Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.[5]

Education

Kharar has many Universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:

Medical Testing

Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination[6][7] and a Forensic Laboratory[8], helpful for speedy justice in legal cases.

Commerce

Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall near Kharar is one of the largest shopping mall in the area of 2 million sq ft.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome To SAS Nagar". sasnagar.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Municipal Council KHARAR". mckharar.in. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Kharar MC will charge 29 colonies for water, sewerage from August 1". hindustan times. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  4. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kharar
  5. ↑ "Kharar City Population Census 2011 - Punjab". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  6. ↑ S, TN (2017-11-21). "Lone lab takes 3 yrs to examine viscera". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  7. ↑ "Punjab: Lock to govt chemical lab found broken, probe is on". The Indian Express. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Kharar forensic lab scam: Ex-in-charge gets 7-year jail for altering reports". hindustan times. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  9. ↑ S, TN (2018-01-15). "VR Punjab stamps its love for state". Tribune News Service. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  10. ↑ "North Country Mall on Chandigarh-Kharar road sold for Rs 700 crore". hindustan times. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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