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'''Dholan Majra''' is a small village located near the city of [[Morinda]], in the Ropar District ([[Rupnagar]]) of East [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India.<br />
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The village was established in the late 19th century.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The village was established by Sikhs, but settled by other groups, particularly the Bassi clan of Jatt Sikh farmers. In the early 20th century, the population numbered roughly 50 people.<br />
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Villagers were mainly engaged in agriculture, but by the mid-1950s, settlers from the western part of the Punjab, displaced by the [[Partition of India]], caused the population to expand.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
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The village is situated in a fertile, [[alluvial plain]], surrounded by both rivers and an extensive irrigation canal system. The [[Shiwalik Hills]] extend along the northeastern part at the foot of the [[Himalaya mountains]]. The average elevation is 300m above sea level, ranging from 180m in the southwest to more than 500m around the northeast border.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
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According to the 2011 Indian Census, the population of Dholan Majra is 394. The literacy rate in village is 81%, male literacy being 80.23% and female literacy 78.36%.<br />
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== Religion ==<br />
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[[Sikhism]] is the predominant faith in the village.<br />
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== Sikh Reference Library ==<br />
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The two-storey library was established alongside the newly built Gurudwara Singh Shaheeda Sahib. The library contains religious literature and books on the history of Sikhism.<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Rupnagar district]]<br />
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