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Garha, Phillaur

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Country
  
India

District
  
Jalandhar

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Elevation
  
246 m

Area code
  
01826

State
  
Punjab

Tehsil
  
Phillaur

Telephone code
  
01826

Population
  
2,869 (2011)

Government body
  
Gram panchayat

Garha, Phillaur

Garha (Punjabi: ਗੜਾ) is a large village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phillaur-Nawanshahr road 1 km away from Phillaur, 45 km from Jalandhar and 120 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village.

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Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 68.63% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 9 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 33 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 140 km away in Amritsar.

References

Garha, Phillaur Wikipedia