Sailkiyana

Sailkiyana or Salkiana is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phillaur Nawanshahr Road and located 6.7 km from Nagar, 13.7 km from Phillaur, 56.9 km from Jalandhar and 108 km from state capital Chandigarh. Sailkiyana has postal head office in Dayalpur which is 2 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Sailkiyana
Village
Sailkiyana
Location in Punjab, India
Sailkiyana
Sailkiyana (India)
Coordinates: 31.0439559°N 75.9065071°E / 31.0439559; 75.9065071
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilPhillaur
Government
  TypePanchayat raj
  BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,410[1]
 Sex ratio 734/676 /
Languages
  OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144419
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB 37
Post officeDayalpur
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 84.40% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Sailkiyana). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1996.[2]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station which is situated 13.6 km away, however, Goraya Railway Station is 24 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 44 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also a second nearest international airport is 148 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. "Raipur Araiyan Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "Detail Of School". ICBSE. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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