Kharali

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Kharali
village
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Government
 • Type Panchayati raj (India)
 • Body Gram panchayat
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
 • Regional Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration PB07

Kharali (sometimes spelled as Khurali [1] or Khuralgarh) is a village located in Garhshanker area of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, India. Village is known for Shri Khuralgarh Sahib, a place visited by the social reformer and spiritual figure Ravidas. [2] [3]

Hoshiarpur district District in Punjab, India

Hoshiarpur District is a district of Punjab state in northern India. Hoshiarpur, one of the oldest districts of Punjab, is located in the North-east part of the Punjab state and shares common boundaries with Gurdaspur district in the north-west, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts in south-west, Kangra and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh in the north-east. Hoshiarpur district comprises 4 sub-divisions, 10 community development blocks, 9 urban local bodies and 1417 villages. The district has an area of 3365 km2. and a population of 1,586,625 persons as per census 2011.

Punjab, India State in Northern India

Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, 1.53% of India's total geographical area. It is the 20th-largest Indian state by area. With 27,704,236 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Punjab is the 16th-largest state by population, comprising 22 districts. Punjabi is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (58%) and Hindus (38%). The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five tributary rivers of the Indus River from which the region took its name are Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum Rivers; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.

Khuralgarh Sahib; is one of the most prominent historical place of Ravidasi communities like Ad-Dharmi, Chamar, Ramdasia Sikhs, Jatavs and Mochis situated at village Kharali, Garhshanker, Hoshiarpur district. Khuralgarh Sahib is also called Charan Choh Ganga Sri Guru Ravidas Ji as this place was visited by Sri Guru Ravidas

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Demographics

Kharali village has total population of 343 families. The village has population of 1786 persons having 901 males and 885 females. Children population with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 11.25% of total population. Average Sex Ratio is 982 higher than Punjab state average of 895. As in 2011 census, literacy rate of the village was 76.53%. 37.79% of total population is Schedule Caste/Dalit at the village. [4]

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes official designations given to various groups indigenous people in India

The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged people in India. The terms are recognised in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes.

Dalit, meaning "broken/scattered" in Sanskrit and Hindi, is a term mostly used for the ethnic groups in India and Nepal that have been kept depressed. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Dalits now profess various religious beliefs, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity and various folk religions. The 2011 Census of India recorded their numbers at over 200 million people, representing 16 percent of India's population.

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References

  1. ↑ "Khurali Village". India .All states, Districts,Villages,Schools,Colleges,Maps,Pin Codes of India. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Startup Page. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Service, Tribune News (4 April 2016). "CM lays stone of Rs110-cr Guru Ravidass memorial". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kharali Village Population - Garhshankar - Hoshiarpur, Punjab". Census 2011 India. 29 May 1980. Retrieved 4 April 2016.

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