Bachhowal

Bachhowal
ਬਛੋਵਾਲ
Village
Bachhowal
Bachhowal

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°03′01″N 75°47′34″E / 31.0503328°N 75.7928216°E / 31.0503328; 75.7928216Coordinates: 31°03′01″N 75°47′34″E / 31.0503328°N 75.7928216°E / 31.0503328; 75.7928216
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 752[1]
  Sex ratio 374/378 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
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

Bachhowal (Punjabi: ਬਛੋਵਾਲ) is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 9.5 km away from Goraya, 43 km from Jalandhar and 117 km from state capital Chandigarh. Bachhowal has postal head office in Bara Pind which is 10 km away from the village. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 53.06% 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 Primary school (Pri Bachhowal School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1970.[3]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 6 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 37.5 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. "Bachhowal Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. "Detail Of School". ICBSE. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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