Tarkhan Mazara

Tarkhan Mazara
ਤਰਖਾਣ ਮਜ਼ਾਰਾ
Village
Tarkhan Mazara
Tarkhan Mazara

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°05′05″N 75°48′54″E / 31.0847121°N 75.8149712°E / 31.0847121; 75.8149712Coordinates: 31°05′05″N 75°48′54″E / 31.0847121°N 75.8149712°E / 31.0847121; 75.8149712
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 630[1]
  Sex ratio 303/327 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144511
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post Office Dosanjh Kalan
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Tarkhan Mazara or Tarkhan Majara (Punjabi: ਤਰਖਾਣ ਮਜ਼ਾਰਾ) is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 12 km away from postal head office Dosanjh Kalan, 10.6 km from Phillaur, 41.9 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 128 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]

Demography

As of 2011, Tarkhan Mazara has a total number of 123 houses and population of 630 of which 303 include are males while 327 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Tarkhan Mazara is 83.20%, higher than state average of 88.16%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 64 which is 10.16% of total population of Tarkhan Mazara, and child sex ratio is approximately 939 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 56.3% of total population in Tarkhan Mazara. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

162 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Tarkhan Mazara which includes 147 males and 15 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.68% of workers describe their work as main work and 4.32% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of the 162 in the working population, 94% workers are occupied in main work, 5.6% are cultivators while 0.62% are Agricultural labourer.[1]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhattian Railway Station is 5.1 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 43.4 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 136 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tarkhan Mazara Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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