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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhahan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1942551|N|75.9390502|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 = 355
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1309<ref name=Census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35565|title=Dhahan population as of 2011|work=[[2011 Census of India|Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 646/666 [[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 = 01884
| 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}}
}}

'''Dhahan''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|5.4|km}} away from postal head office [[Banga, India|Banga]], {{convert|11|km}} from [[Nawanshahr]], {{convert|13|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|89|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, Dhahan has a total number of 287 houses and population of 1309 of which 643 include are males while 666 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Dhahan is 81.38%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 138 which is 10.54% of total population of Dhahan, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 816 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 46.44% of total population in Dhahan. 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, 400 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Dhahan which includes 349 males and 51 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.25% workers describe their work as main work and 1.75% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<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 private un-aided Punjabi medium, co-ed primary with upper primary and secondary/higher secondary school founded in 1987.<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/gnm-public-sen-sec-school-dhahan/03060303002|title=Details about Guru Nanak Mission Public Sr Sec School|work=icbse.com}}</ref> The school does not provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]].

Guru Nanak College of Nursing is nearby Guru Nanak Mission Public Senior Secondary School Dhahan. [[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" /> and [[Lovely Professional University]] is {{convert|26|km}} away from the village.

== Transport ==
Mallu Pota railway station is the nearest train station however, [[Phagwara]] Junction railway station is {{convert|18|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|67|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|134|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Dhahan,+Punjab/Mallu+Pota,+Punjab/Dhahan,+Punjab/Phagwara+Jn,+Phagwara/Dhahan,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Dhahan,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Ajnala+Rd,+Rajasansi,+Amritsar,+Punjab+143101/@31.2760533,74.9400828,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a92dfcacd1ebf:0x60cb78117f6fd7a2!2m2!1d75.9455982!2d31.1939164!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9304aab70a87:0xbe7989c757436697!2m2!1d75.9514043!2d31.1833404!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a92dfcacd1ebf:0x60cb78117f6fd7a2!2m2!1d75.9455982!2d31.1939164!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af4de1abdfcf5:0xbd9c6db3fcb8e828!2m2!1d75.7654843!2d31.2171926!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a92dfcacd1ebf:0x60cb78117f6fd7a2!2m2!1d75.9455982!2d31.1939164!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a92dfcacd1ebf:0x60cb78117f6fd7a2!2m2!1d75.9455982!2d31.1939164!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Dhahan (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== 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]

{{Nawanshahr district}}


[[Category:Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]

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