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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dharamkot
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.0904405|N|76.0868459|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 = 1077<ref name=census>{{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>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 540/537 [[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 = 144421
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01823
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = Sahlon<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}}
}}

'''Dharamkot''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|6.4|km}} away from postal head office Sahlon, {{convert|6.2|km}} from [[Nawanshahr]], {{convert|6.8|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|95.2|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, Dharamkot has a total number of 216 houses and population of 1077 of which 540 include are males while 537 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Dharamkot is 78.20%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 109 which is 10.12% of total population of Dharamkot, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 912 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 38.44% of total population in Dharamkot. 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, 380 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Dharamkot which includes 325 males and 55 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.74% workers describe their work as main work and 10.26% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary with school founded in 1950.<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-dharam-kot/03060402501|title=Details about GSSS Dharamkot 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]]. KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.<ref name="SBSNP" /> Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is {{convert|8.5|km}} and [[Lovely Professional University]] is {{convert|48|km}} away from the village.

== Transport ==
Nawanshahr railway station is the nearest train station however, [[Garhshankar]] Junction railway station is {{convert|19|km}}. The village is {{convert|52|km}} away from [[Sahnewal Airport]] which is the nearest domestic airport located 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|156|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Dharmkot,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Nawanshahr+Railway+Station,+Railway+Road,+Guru+Ravidas+Nagar,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Dharmkot,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Garhshankar+Junction,+Garhshankar-Hoshiarpur+Road,+Garhshankar,+Punjab/Dharmkot,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Dharmkot,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Ajnala+Rd,+Rajasansi,+Amritsar,+Punjab+143101/@31.2760533,74.9400889,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a97da05eca17d:0x88e90d6a2b03720d!2m2!1d76.0790755!2d31.0837386!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abdc00733d547:0xb47c552bf41ad7ec!2m2!1d76.1089072!2d31.1216023!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a97da05eca17d:0x88e90d6a2b03720d!2m2!1d76.0790755!2d31.0837386!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abf70c8ccbed7:0xe1194be2a5ffb5d8!2m2!1d76.1385636!2d31.2240694!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a97da05eca17d:0x88e90d6a2b03720d!2m2!1d76.0790755!2d31.0837386!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a97da05eca17d:0x88e90d6a2b03720d!2m2!1d76.0790755!2d31.0837386!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Dharamkot (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== 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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