Kang Kalan

Village in Punjab, India
31°06′51″N 75°12′18″E / 31.1140681°N 75.2048902°E / 31.1140681; 75.2048902Country IndiaStatePunjabDistrictJalandharTehsilShahkotGovernment
 • TypePanchayat raj • BodyGram panchayatElevation
240 m (790 ft)Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,239[1] Sex ratio 638/601 ♂/♀Languages
 • OfficialPunjabiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)ISO 3166 codeIN-PBVehicle registrationPB- 08Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Kang Kalan is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Shahkot, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Nakodar, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from district headquarter Jalandhar and 189 kilometres (117 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Transport

Shahkot Malisian station is the nearest train station. The village is 95 kilometres (59 mi) away from domestic airport 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 99 kilometres (62 mi) away in Amritsar.


Partition

Before partition of Indo-Pak, mainly arain families were living in this village, who mostly migrated to Faisalabad- Pakistan. A very notable family of "Baba Shah Deen & Baba Umer Deen" lived their lives in Chak No. 80 JB (Nanak Sar) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chak+80+JB+Nanak+Sar,+Faisalabad,+Punjab,+Pakistan/@31.3151701,72.8675663,16.88z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x392250f27cfd758b:0x916d5f437077f68b!8m2!3d31.3159986!4d72.870748] Faisalabad. Their family is still known in the area with the name of "Kangan Walai".

References

  1. ^ "Kang Kalan Population per Census India". Census of India, 2011.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chak+80+JB+Nanak+Sar,+Faisalabad,+Punjab,+Pakistan/@31.3151701,72.8675663,16.88z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x392250f27cfd758b:0x916d5f437077f68b!8m2!3d31.3159986!4d72.870748

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