Kang Jagir

Kang Jagir
ਕੰਗ ਜਗੀਰ
Village
Kang Jagir
Kang Jagir

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°05′05″N 75°49′17″E / 31.0846659°N 75.8212906°E / 31.0846659; 75.8212906Coordinates: 31°05′05″N 75°49′17″E / 31.0846659°N 75.8212906°E / 31.0846659; 75.8212906
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,260[1]
  Sex ratio 613/647 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
  Other spoken Hindi
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

Kang Jagir (Punjabi: ਕੰਗ ਜਗੀਰ) is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of the village. It is 2.4 km away from Jajja Khurd and 5.5 km away from a main market place in census town Apra. Kang Jagir has postal head office 5.1 km away in Bara Pind. The village is 50 km towards East from Jalandhar, 11.7 km from Phillaur and 124 km away from state capital Chandigarh.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 48.17% 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 (Govt. Primary School) and a senior secondary school (Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Senior secondary school).[3] The nearest government high school is located in Apra.

Landmarks

The village has a famous Gurudwara Bhai Bala Sahib Ji which is located at the east entrance of the village and Guru Ravidas Ji Gurudwara which is located at the western side of the village. The village also has a Hindu temple.

The village does not have any bank or ATM facility and villagers have to travel to Apra.

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated 10.4 km away in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 27.5 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is at Ludhiana which is 40 km away from Kang Jagir. The nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh and a second nearest international airport is 137 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. "Kang Jagir Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. "Detail Of Total Schools As On 08-05-2016". indiawater.gov.in. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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