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Dosanjh Kalan

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Country
  
India

District
  
Jalandhar

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Elevation
  
246 m

Area code
  
01826

State
  
Punjab

Tehsil
  
Phillaur

PIN
  
144502

Population
  
3,883 (2011)

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Dosanjh Kalan (Punjabi: ਦੁਸਾਂਝ ਕਲਾਂ) is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phagwara-Mukandpur road. The village is 10 km away from Phagwara, 19 km from Banga, 32 km from Jalandhar, and 123 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.

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Map of Dosanjh Kalan, Punjab

Caste

The village has population of 3883 and in the village most of the villagers are from schedule caste (SC) which has constitutes 45.66% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a girls only upper primary with secondary/higher secondary Punjabi medium school which was founded in 1911. The school provide a mid-day meal as per the Indian Midday Meal Scheme. The village also has some privet co-ed schools such as:

  • G.H.R.K.S.C. School Dosanjh Kalan (upper primary with secondary/higher secondary, founded in 1932)
  • Guru Gobind Singh Model School (primary with upper primary)
  • Jyoti Model School (primary only)
  • Rail

    The nearest train station is situated 11 km away in Goraya and Phagwara Jn Railway Station is 10 km away from the village.

    Air

    The nearest domestic airport is 59 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 127 km away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.

    References

    Dosanjh Kalan Wikipedia