Paddi Khalsa

Paddi Khalsa is a village in the tehsil of Phillaur, sub-tehsil of Goraya, Jalandhar district, in Punjab, India.[1]

Paddi Khalsa
village
Paddi Khalsa
Location in Punjab, India
Paddi Khalsa
Paddi Khalsa (India)
Coordinates: 31.1745°N 75.7803°E / 31.1745; 75.7803
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationPB-
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
main language is Punjabi

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census,[2] Paddi Khalsa has a population of 1,455 people. The village has 196 acres (0.79 km2).[3] Neighbouring villages include Virk, Jalandhar (also known as Birka), Indna Klaske, Meerapur, Kala, Paddi Jagir, Gohawar, Chachrari, Jamalpur, Mouli and Chachoki.

History

It is said that the Soomal families living in the village originally settled from the neighbouring village of Mouli, which also has a number of families with the Soomal surname, also spelt Somal.

The village is famous for the Guru Nanak Mission Hospital which was founded and built by Gurdev Singh Soomal. The charitable hospital offers local residence free medical services, and additionally holds an annual eye camp. The annual eye camp offers vision testing, and cataract eye removal surgery. As of 2017, the annual eye camp has included cancer screening services. Gurdev [4]

References
  1. "Paddi Khalsa". wikimapia.org.
  2. "Maavooru.net". OurVillageIndia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009.
  3. "Village Directory". punjab.gov.in. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009.
  4. "Eye camp details". gurmatbhawan.com.



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