Buttar Kalan, Moga

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Buttar Kalan
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Buttar Kalan
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Buttar Kalan
Buttar Kalan (India)
Coordinates: 30°43′30″N75°16′30″E / 30.725°N 75.275°E / 30.725; 75.275
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Moga
Founded byUnknow but Dhillon and Bhullar clan estiblished.
Government
 • TypeDemocratic Elections
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population
 • Total10,519 per 2,011 census with 5,564 males and 4,955 female. 2,055 is the no. of families along with 5,210 no. of SC members with 6,556 literates in total making rate of almost 62.50%.
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
 • Regional Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Code
142040
Area code 01636
Vehicle registration PB29

Buttar Kalan is a village in the Moga district of East Punjab (India), [1] [2] [3] located on the Moga-Barnala highway 703. Buttar village is located in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It is situated 17km away from Moga, which is both district & sub-district headquarter of Buttar village. As per 2009 stats, Butter Khurd is the gram panchayat of Buttar village. [4] Khurd and Kalan are Persian words meaning "small" and "big" respectively. When two villages have the same name, they are differentiated by adding "Khurd" or "Kalan" to their names. PIN code for the village is 142040 with post office established in the village.

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Administration

When it comes to administration, Buttar Kalan village is administrated by a sarpanch who is elected representative of the village by the local elections. As per 2019 stats, Buttar village comes under Nihal singhwala assembly constituency & Faridkot parliamentary constituency. Moga is nearest town to Buttar village for all major economic activities. Currently due to the population size, Buttar village elect 2 sarpanchs for Dhillon patti and Bhullar patti.

Culture and People

Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language of the village, predominated by the Jatt people of the Buttar village. Genetic studies conducted of this area confirm steady amounts of West Asian ancestry and detectable levels of Dravidian influences in the population. As in other parts of Punjab, skin color ranges from almost white to almost black in Buttar, however, the most common skin colors are medium brown and dark brown. Exposure to the sun accounts for the darker complexion of Jat farmworkers. As a rule, the hair color is almost always dark brown and frequently curly in texture, but traces of blondism in hair and eye color are present in small percentages. Most of the populations is sikh and hindu with very few muslim families.

Religion

Currently the village is predominated by the Sikhs with hindu and a very few muslims families established in the village. Majority of the population follow Sikh religion. Currently village have gurudawra, hindu temple and mosque for the worshipers.Baisakhi is celebrated every year in the village and Baisakhi fair is celebrated for 3 days in the month of April every year.

History

Buttar is in an area established during the Vedic times by Central Asian immigrants. It was home to a secondary school that attracted students from nearby villages. There are many political celebrities from this village. Buttar has steadily grown, but it had split into two parts due to the Panchayati Department, and currently it is known by Dhillon Buttar, and Bhullar Buttar. Buttar has held tournaments every year for youngsters and other people. Three-fourths of the people from this village live abroad in places such as Canada, USA, Australia, and many other countries.

Education

Buttar currently have 2 govt. high schools established in the village by the brtish era. Both of the seprate schools are boys and girls high school. Till after independence this govt high schools are the only source of education for boys and girls. Very prominent people have taken education at this schools.

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  4. ↑ Buttar Kalan (Moga, Punjab) (in Punjabi). YouTube. 2012. ehmerapunjab. Retrieved 20 June 2012.


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