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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Bhikhiwind<br />
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| native_name_lang = Punjabi<br />
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| settlement_type = [[Town]]<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|31|20|43|N|74|41|29|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tarn Taran district|Tarn Taran]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Region<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Majha]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| government_type = [[Municipal corporation]]<br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_total = 10269<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
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'''Bhikhiwind''' is a [[town]] and a [[nagar panchayat]], just about 33 km from [[Tarn Taran Sahib]] in [[Tarn Taran district]] in the [[Majha]] region of state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pbplanning.gov.in/pdf/tarantaran.pdf | format = PDF | title = Border Area Development Programme | publisher = Department of Planning, Government of Punjab | date = 2006-12-31 | accessdate = 2009-03-12}}</ref> The town is located along the India-Pakistan border, and is some 280 km from [[Chandigarh]].<ref name=TOI_address>{{cite news|title=Sarabjit's family meets Krishna|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sarabjits-family-meets-Krishna/articleshow/14459506.cms|accessdate=28 June 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=28 June 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Bhikhiwind is located at {{Coord|31.34|N|74.70|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=31.34492&lon=74.69657&zoom=14&q1=Bhikhiwind%252C%2520Punjab%252C%2520India<br />
|title = Yahoo maps location of Bhikhiwind<br />
|publisher = Yahoo maps<br />
|accessdate = 2009-03-12<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} [[Census of India]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Bhikhiwind had a population of 10,269. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhikhiwind has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with the male literacy rate of 71% and female literacy rate of 60%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Bhikhiwind town and their [[sex ratio|gender ratio]], as of 2011 census.<br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+Population by religious groups in Bhikhiwind town, 2011 census<ref>https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Bhikhiwind (CT)</ref><br />
!Religion!!Total!!Female!!Male!!Gender ratio<br />
|-<br />
|Sikh||14,609||6,958||7,651||909<br />
|-<br />
|Hindu||5,507||2,351||3,156||744<br />
|-<br />
|Christian||259||113||146||773<br />
|-<br />
|Muslim||120||49||71||690<br />
|-<br />
|Buddhist||2||1||1||1000<br />
|-<br />
|Not stated||29||16||13||1230<br />
|-<br />
|Total||20,526||9,488||11,038||859<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Tarn Taran district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tarn Taran district]]<br />
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