Gehri Buttar
Village in Punjab, India
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Gehri Buttar is a village in the Bathinda district of Punjab state of India. The villagers belong to the Buttar clan of the Jatts.
Gehri Buttar | |
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village | |
  Gehri Buttar Location in Punjab, India  Gehri Buttar Gehri Buttar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°05′39″N 74°52′40″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Bathinda |
| Talukas | Bathinda |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,485 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi (Gurmukhi) |
| • Regional | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 151401[1] |
| Nearest city | Bathinda |
| Sex ratio | 1000/945 ♂/♀ |
Geography
Gehri Buttar is centered (approx.) at, on the National Highway 64,[2] only 16.2 km from Bathinda city. Phullo Mithi (4.2 km) and Sangat (4.2 km) are the nearby villages.[3]
Demographics
Culture
The village is predominated by the Jatt people of Buttar community/clan, who all are Sikhs and follows Sikhism. The beautiful Gurudwara Sahib is the main religious site for worship.
Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language of the village.
Economy
Agriculture is the main source of income. The villagers are government employees also. Some of the villagers have their own business in the nearby city or in the village, and the poor are mostly labourers.