Bajwa Khurd

Bajwa Khurd
Village
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Coordinates: 31.0456962°N 75.3122618°E / 31.0456962; 75.3122618
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	572[1]
	Sex ratio 309/263 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB- 08
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Bajwa Khurd is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. "Kalan" is Persian language word which means "big" and "Khurd" is Persian word which means "small". When two villages have same name then they are distinguished with Kalan for "Big" and Khurd for "Small" used with village name.

It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Shahkot, 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Nakodar, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from district headquarters Jalandhar and 180 kilometres (110 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

The sarpanch of the village is Kala Sarpanch.

To educate people there is an elementary school.

A fair at Gurdwara Sahib of Bajwa Khurs is celebrated by the villages of Aidalpur and Bajwa Khurd on 26 and 27 May.

Transport

Shahkot Malisian station is the nearest train station. The village is 84 kilometres (52 mi) away from a domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 117 kilometres (73 mi) away in Amritsar.

References

1. "Bajwa Khurd Population per Census India". Census of India, 2011.