Phalpota

Phalpota is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 2.4 km away from postal head office Bara Pind. The village is 6.3 km away from Goraya, 12.5 km from Phillaur, 40.7 km from Jalandhar, and 123 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.

Phalpota
Village
Phalpota
Location in Punjab, India
Phalpota
Phalpota (India)
Coordinates: 31.0972395°N 75.8211565°E / 31.0972395; 75.8211565
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilPhillaur
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,736[1]
 Sex ratio 853/883 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • Other spokenHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144418
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB 37
Post officeBara Pind
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Caste

The village has population of 1736 and in the village most of the villagers are from schedule caste (SC) which has constitutes 53.92% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

Phalpota has a Punjabi medium Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Phalpota School) which was founded in 2001. The school also provide mid-day meal[2]

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 28 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is 44 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 135 km away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.

References
  1. "Phalpota village Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "GMS Phalpota School Jalandhar, Punjab". ICBSE. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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