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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
  
144419

Population
  
1,410 (2011)

Government body
  
Gram panchayat

Sailkiyana

Sailkiyana or Salkiana (Punjabi: ਸੇਲਕਿਆਨਾ) 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 Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village.

Contents

Map of Sailkiyana, Punjab

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.

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

Sailkiyana Wikipedia