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{{distinguish|Chiheru de Jos}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chiheru
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.2690|N|75.7021|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 = [[Districts of Punjab, India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kapurthala District|Kapurthala]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144402
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'''Chiheru''' is a village in the district of [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.2690&lon=75.7021&z=14&l=0&m=b&search=Chaheru|title=Chaheru|work=wikimapia.org}}</ref> Nearest cities are [[Phagwara]] and [[Jalandhar]].

==Location==
Chiheru is located just off to the East side of the [[National Highway 1 (India)]] (a.k.a. [[Grand Trunk Road]], GT Road), and the [[Indian Railways]] line, the major transportation artery North-South of India and between New Delhi and Amritsar. Chiheru is 390 km North of [[New Delhi]], 118 km NW of [[Chandigarh]], and 90 km SE of [[Amritsar]]. The two nearby cities [[Phagwara]] is 8 km SE and [[Jalandhar]] is 14 km NW. The nearest railway stations for local traffic are in Chiheru (station code=CEU), Phagwara (station code=PGW), and Jalandhar (station code=JUC/JRC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/chiheru-ceu/662|title=station codes}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the 2011 census, by the Indian Government, Chiheru (#83) has 509 households, and a population of 2,458; 1248 males (51%), and 1210 females (49%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/final_pca.aspx |title=Census of India: Search Details |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112103319/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/final_pca.aspx |archive-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Chaheru’s first residents were from the Deu clan. Originally Deu and Aulakh were brothers and two of five sons. They came from the Sankatra tribe, from the areas of Sankhatra narowal <ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimapia.org/13815194/Sankhatra/|title=Sankhatra|work=wikimapia.org}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2016}} & [[Zafarwal]] & District of [[Sialkot]], Punjab, now in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/glossaryoftribes03rose#page/n493/mode/2up|title=A glossary of tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province|year=1911}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2016}}<ref>
{{Cite book
|author = Rose, H.A.
|year = 1911
|title = Glossary of Tribes and Castes of the Punjab, Volume I, II
|page = 233
|isbn=8175361522
}}
</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2016}}

==Education==
In the early 1900s, the first public Elementary School (up to grade 5) was built by the Maharaja of Kapurthala [[Jagatjit Singh]]. In the mid 1960s, the original building was demolished and a new larger building constructed. In 1974 it was upgraded to Middle school (Grade 8) by the Punjab Government, within the District of Kapurthala (school district 303), and in 1994 further upgraded to High School (Grade 10)
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schools.findthebest.in/l/175443/High-School-Chaheru-in-Kapurthala-Punjab|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141210073435/http://schools.findthebest.in/l/175443/High-School-Chaheru-in-Kapurthala-Punjab|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 December 2014|title=Chaheru High School}}</ref>

==History==
In 1911, the work on the [[Chiheru railway station]] and the train line started, and in 1914 the line was opened for passenger traffic between [[Ludhiana]] and Jalandhar (a.k.a. Jullundur), through Chiheru, when the [[Sutlej]] River Bridge of 20 spans was completed.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1RGX3whGEIC&q=1911&pg=PA82|title=Punjab, the Crucial Decade|last1=Sharma|first1=Subash Chander|year=1987}}</ref>

Between 2012-2014, Chiheru's underground water supply and sewage system were installed. The project was funded by the villagers (local and international), and managed by Dr. Gurdev Gill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thakarki.com/2013/09/19/dr-gill-article-english-translation-provided-by-gurmukh-benning|title=Dr Gill Sewage System|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827220656/http://thakarki.com/2013/09/19/dr-gill-article-english-translation-provided-by-gurmukh-benning/|archive-date=27 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Kapurthala district}}

[[Category:Villages in Kapurthala district]]

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