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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Anokharwal
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.2235843|N|75.8474704|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 254
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 524<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35444|title=Anokharwal Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 276/248 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144505
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01824
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Banga, India|Banga]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|nawanshahr.nic.in}}
}}

'''Anokharwal''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|13|km}} away from postal head office [[Banga, India|Banga]], {{convert|16|km}} from [[Phagwara]], {{convert|27|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|117|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Anokharwal has a total number of 112 houses and population of 524 of which 276 include are males while 248 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Anokharwal is 80.54%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 46 which is 8.78% of total population of Anokharwal, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 484 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 48.47% of total population in Anokharwal. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 158 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Anokharwal which includes 149 males and 9 females. According to census survey report 2011, 99.37% workers describe their work as main work and 0.63% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1953.<ref name="SBSNP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/gps-anokharwal/03060300201|title=Details about GMS Anokharwal School|work=icbse.com}}</ref> The schools provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssapunjab.org/mdm/|title=Mid Day Meal Society|work=ssapunjab.org}}</ref> The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act]].

[[Mukandpur#Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College Mukandpur|Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur]] and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.<ref name="SBSNP" /> [[Lovely Professional University]] is {{convert|24|km}} away from the village.

== Transport ==
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is {{convert|17|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|71|km}} away in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is {{convert|133|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Anokharwal,+Punjab/Banga,+Railway+Road,+Hamirowal,+Punjab/Anokharwal,+Punjab/Phagwara+Jn,+Phagwara/Amargarh,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Amargarh,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Raja+Sansi,+Punjab/@31.2714352,74.9400889,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af2a9a4e69bb3:0x97de894b09761cd9!2m2!1d75.8976893!2d31.2180373!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a948751d74e65:0x3b7d607c041a2541!2m2!1d75.999242!2d31.1769381!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af2a9a4e69bb3:0x97de894b09761cd9!2m2!1d75.8976893!2d31.2180373!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af4de1abdfcf5:0xbd9c6db3fcb8e828!2m2!1d75.7654843!2d31.2171926!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9610382d8399:0x3839d29fcca3096!2m2!1d76.0718246!2d31.1278696!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9610382d8399:0x3839d29fcca3096!2m2!1d76.0718246!2d31.1278696!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Anokharwal (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201629/http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231343/http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]

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