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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gadra
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.9926383|N|75.573771|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 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = [[Nurmahal]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric


| elevation_m = 237
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 355<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32193|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 192/163 [[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 = 144039
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01821
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]

| blank1_name_sec2 = Post office
| blank1_info_sec2 = Nurmahal
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Gadra''' is a village in [[Rurka Kalan]] tehsil in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 14.5 km away from postal head office [[Nurmahal]], 23.6 km from [[Phillaur]], 42.5 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 145 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, [[Co-education|co-ed]] [[primary school|upper primary school]] (GMS Gadra). The school provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]] and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icbse.com/schools/gms-gadra/03040903002 | title=Details Of School | work=ICBSE}}</ref>

== Demography ==
According to the report [[published]] by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]] , Gadra has a total number of 64 houses and population of 355 of which include 192 males and 163 females. [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] rate of Gadra is 81.90%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 40 which is 11.27% of total population of Gadra, and child sex ratio is approximately 1000 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from [[Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 85.07% of total population in Gadra. The town does not have any [[Schedule Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.

As per census 2011, 128 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Gadra which includes 102 males and 26 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.06% workers describe their work as main work and 10.94% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Nurmahal railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, Phillaur Junction [[train station]] is 22.9 km away from the village. The village is 53.8 km away from [[domestic airport]] 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 138 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

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