Kharar, SAS Nagar
Town in Punjab, India
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Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India.[2][3][4] It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at 30.74°N 76.65°E[5] and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "Greater Mohali" region.
Kharar | |
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Town | |
  Kharar Location in Punjab, India  Kharar Kharar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30.74°N 76.65°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district |
| Named after | Education Hub of Punjab |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | M.C. Kharar |
| Elevation | 309 m (1,014 ft) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| • Native | Puadhi,[1] Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Pincode(s) | 140301 |
| Area code | 0160 |
| Vehicle registration | PB-27 |
| Literacy | 72% |
A 1904 Punjab States Gazetteer lists Kharar among the Taoni Rajputs' chhats (principal villages).[6]
Demographics
Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.[7]
Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families.
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Kharar city, as of 2011 census.
| Religion | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikh | 43,089 | 20,562 | 22,527 |
| Hindu | 29,092 | 13,603 | 15,489 |
| Muslim | 1,136 | 516 | 620 |
| Christian | 851 | 428 | 423 |
| Jain | 97 | 46 | 51 |
| Buddhist | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Other religions | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Not stated | 189 | 85 | 104 |
| Total | 74,460 | 35,242 | 39,218 |
Education
There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar.
- Christian boys high school, Kharar established in 1891 and the school was headed by principal RW Ryburn .
- Khalsa senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1920
- Arya senior secondary school and women college, Kharar was established in 1968 by Arya pratinidhi sabha, Jalandhar.
- Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975.
- IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar
- Vikram public high school, Ram Bagh Road, kharar
Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:
- Rayat Bahra University, Sahauran
- Chandigarh University, Gharuan
- Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran and Jhanjheri
- Doaba Group of Colleges, Sahauran
- Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori (Mohali)
- Government Polytechnic College, Khunimajra
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Commerce
Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall (VR Punjab Mall) (formerly known as North Country Mall) in Kharar is one of the largest shopping malls with an area of 2 million sq ft.[12][13]