Sansarpur
Sansarpur is a village in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.
Sansarpur | |
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city | |
  Sansarpur Location in Punjab, India  Sansarpur Sansarpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31.2707°N 75.6052°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,657 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Sansarpur had a population of 4061. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sansarpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Sansarpur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Sports
Among all the Indian villages, Sansarpur has produced the largest number of Olympians for the country. The village in its heyday produced 14 Hockey Olympic players, who represented India, Kenya and Canada at the Olympics.[2] In one particular Olympics, 7 players from Sansarpur represented their respective countries. 5 from India and 2 from Kenya. In present-day Sansarpur though due to the lack of support from the Indian government and lack of facilities like astro turf, the standard of Hockey players emerging from this village is falling.
Notable people
The village has given more than 306 International, national level hockey players to India out of which more than 200 belong to one family of village[3] [4]Several of the India's notable field hockey players Sansarpur are:[2]
- Gurdev Singh Kullar, Olympian
- Udham Singh Kullar (BSF)
- Darshan Singh (field hockey) Kullar, Olympian
- Ajit Pal Singh Kullar, Olympian
- Colonel Balbir Singh Kullar, Olympian
- Colonel Gurmit Singh Kullar, Olympian and Freedom Fighter
- Balbir Singh Kullar (Punjab police), Olympian
- Tarsem Singh Kullar (BSF), Olympian
- Jagjit Singh Kullar, Olympian
Councillor Raju Sansarpuri London https://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=517
References
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- Alexander, Jeet (22 November 2011). "The Promised Land :Hockey da Ghar Sansarpur". littleindia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- Kular, Bhupinder Singh. Social cultural and educational ethos of sports: A case study of Sansarpur village in Punjab. New Delhi: Jamia Milia Islamia.
- Jan 23, I. P. Singh | TNN | Updated; 2012; Ist, 5:46. "Pargat returns to nursery of hockey | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)