Gohawar
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Gohawar | |
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Village | |
  Gohawar Location in Punjab, India  Gohawar Gohawar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°09′12″N 75°47′16″E / 31.1532454°N 75.7877684°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,645[1] |
| Sex ratio 1320/1325 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144409 |
| Telephone | 01824 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB- 08 |
| Post Office | Goraya |
| Website | jalandhar |
Gohawar is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 6.6 km away from postal head office in Goraya, 20 km from Phillaur, 31.3 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 134 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school (GPS Gohawar), which was founded in 1947. The school provides mid-day meals as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal is prepared on school premises.[2]