Sandhanwal
Village in Punjab, India
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Sandhanwal is a very famous village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Shahkot, 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Jalandhar and 177 kilometres from Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Sandhanwal
ਸੰਢਾਵਾਲ | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Sandhanwal | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Tehsil | Shahkot |
| Founded by | Lal Singh Gill |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| • Famous person | Gurjit Singh Gill |
| Area | |
• Total | 430 ha (1,100 acres) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,776 1,997/773 ♂/♀ |
| • Scheduled Castes | 77 12/65 ♂/♀ |
| • Total Households | 192 |
| Demonym | Sandhanwalia ( sing.) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi (Doabi Dialect) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB-67 |
| Website | jalandhar |
Demography
As of 2021[update], the village has a total number of 580 houses and a population of 2,776 of which 1957 are males while 673 are females.[1] As of 2021, out of the total population of the village 77 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1] Famous people of Sandhawal are Kultaj Lambar and Gurjit Singh Gill, great-grandson of Lal Singh Gill.