Shahkot, India
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Geography
Shahkot is located at Template:Coord.[2] The region has an average elevation of 209 metres (688 feet). Shahkot is a subdivision and tehsil of Jalandhar District.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Indian census,[3] Shahkot had a population of 25,449, of which 53% were male and 47% female. The town’s average literacy rate was 83%, higher than the Indian national average of 59.5%; male literacy stood at 85.5% and female literacy at 80.5%. Children under six years of age comprised 12% of the population. Hinduism and Sikhism are the predominant religions, accounting for 60% and 39% of the population respectively, with the remaining 1% practising other faiths. Shahkot lies near the Sutlej River, which divides the Doaba and Malwa regions.
Shahkot tehsil villages
- Bahmanian[4]
- Bajwa Khurd[4]
- Balnau[5]
- Bara Jagir[6]
- Bara Jodhsingh[6]
- Bhando[4]
- Bhoyapur[4]
- Billi Baraich[5]
- Billi Chaharmi[4]
- Billi Chao[5]
- Chak Bundala[6]
- Chak Chela[6]
- Chak Gadaipur[6]
- Chak Hathiana[4]
- Chak Rame[4]
- Chak Yusafpur Allewal[6]
- Chawinda[5]
- Dhadha Daulatpur[6]
- Dharmiwal[4]
- Fakhruwal[4]
- Fatehpur Bhagwan[6]
- Fazalwal[4]
- Gadaipur[6]
- Gatta Mundi Kasu[6]
- Gatti Pir Bakhsh[6]
- Gatti Raipur[6]
- Gehlan[4]
- Giddarpindi
- Haveli[4]
- Ida[7]
- Indowal[4]
- Jakopur Khurd[6]
- Jalalpur Khurd[6]
- Jalanpur Kalan[6]
- Janian Chahal[6]
- Kakar Kalan[4]
- Kakar Khurd[6]
- Kanian Khurd[4]
- Kara Ramsingh[6]
- Kasupur[6]
- Khanpur Rajputan[6]
- Khosa[6]
- Kohar Kalan[4]
- Kotla Heran[7]
- Kotla Surajmal[4]
- Kotha[6]
- Kutbiwal[6]
- Mahmonwal
- Malsian
- Mandala[6]
- Mandi Kalu[6]
- Nangal Ambian
- Poonian
- Sohal Jagir[4]
- Talwandi Madho
References
External links
- ↑ Shahkot.: Shahkotcity.com
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Shahkot
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