Tehang

Tehang is a large village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village and it is located 3.2 km away from Nagar, 8.5 km from census town Apra, 43.5 km from Jalandhar and 120 km from state capital Chandigarh. Tehang has postal head office in tehang which is 7.4 km away from the village.

Tehang
Village
Tehang
Location in Punjab, India
Tehang
Tehang (India)
Coordinates: 31.0503833°N 75.8218002°E / 31.0503833; 75.8218002
Country India
StatePunjab
Districtpunjab
TehsilPhillaur
Government
  TypePanchayat raj
  BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total3,620[1]
 Sex ratio 1860/1760 /
Languages
  OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144410
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB 37
Post officePhillaur
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 58.51% 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 with Secondary/Higher Secondary (GMS Tehand School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1968.[2]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Goraya Railway Station is 12 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 40 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 138 km away in Amritsar.

References

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