Samrari

Samrari
ਸਮਰਾੜੀ
Village
Samrari
Samrari

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°05′53″N 75°51′05″E / 31.0981567°N 75.851256°E / 31.0981567; 75.851256Coordinates: 31°05′53″N 75°51′05″E / 31.0981567°N 75.851256°E / 31.0981567; 75.851256
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 2,024[1]
  Sex ratio 1041/983 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
  Other spoken Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144418
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post office Bara Pind
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Samrari (Punjabi: ਸਮਰਾੜੀ) is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village. It is 2.7 km away from census town Apra and 2.3 km from Jajja Khurd. Samrari is located 4.7 km from postal head office Bara Pind, 42.3 km towards East from Jalandhar, 13.9 km from Phillaur and 121 km from Chandigarh.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 43.77% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has an Punjabi Medium, Co-educational upper primary (Govt. Middle School) and a primary school (Govt. Primary School)[3] the nearest government high school is located in Apra.

Landmarks

Gurudwara Sahib Baba Banda Singh Bahadar, Gurudwara Sahib Guru Ravidas, Gurudwara Sahib Shri Dhol Baha, Sidh Baba Bhara, and Gurudwara Shaheed Singh Ji are Sikh temples. Shiv Ji Mandir, and Mata Shera Wali Mandir are Hindu temples.

Festival and fairs

People celebrate festivals and fairs annually in Samrari which have taken a semi-secular meaning and are regarded as cultural festivals by people of all religions. Samrari Shinj Mela (Traditional wrestling tournament) is one of the fair which took place at Sidh Baba Bhara Samrari annually.

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated 10.7 km away in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 30.2 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is at Ludhiana which is 47.2 km away from Samrari. The nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh and a second nearest international airport is 136 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. "Samrari Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. "Detail Of Total Schools As On 08-05-2016". indiawater.gov.in. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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