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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lakhmir Wala
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Govt. Primary School, Lakhmir Wala.jpg
| image_alt = Primary school, Lakhmir Wala
| image_caption = A view of the local primary school
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|29.860|N|75.393|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 = [[Mansa district, Punjab|Mansa]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Gurmukhi|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Regional
| demographics1_info2 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 151505
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| area_code = 01659
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| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jhunir]]
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'''Lakhmir Wala''' (sometimes spelled Lakhmeerwala or Lakhmirwala) is a village in the [[Mansa district, Punjab|Mansa district]] of [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]].<ref name=ti>{{cite news |title=Move to set up museum in Mansa |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/punjab1.htm |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=17 August 2002|accessdate=15 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=ti2>{{cite news |title=Compensate affected farmers, demands BKU |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080817/bathinda.htm |newspaper=The Tribune |date=17 August 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=im>{{cite web |url=http://indiamapia.com/Mansa/Lakhmir_Wala.html |title=Lakhmir Wala |publisher=indiamapia.com|accessdate=15 June 2012}}</ref>

== Geography ==

It's centered approximately at {{coord|29|51|36|N|75|23|35|E}},<ref name=gm>[[Google Maps]]</ref> located at only 19 km from Mansa and 10 km from Jhunir. [[Chachohar]], [[Kot Dharmu]], Bhamme Khurd, [[Akkan Wali]]<ref name=ti2/> and [[Khiali Chehlan Wali]] are the nearby villages.

== History ==
Lakhmirwala is the site of archaeological remains belonging to the [[Indus Valley civilisation|Harappan Civilization.]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh.|first=Upinder|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/993687317|title=History of Ancient India (Hindi).|date=2016|publisher=Pearson India|isbn=93-325-8472-9|pages=147|oclc=993687317}}</ref>[http://cup.edu.in/publications/Museum%20Brochure-larger%20version.pdf]<ref>Not to be confused with the [[Lakhmir Mound]] in Sind, Pakistan.</ref> The [[Archaeological Survey of India]] has also conducted excavations at nearby Dhalewan that revealed Harappan Civilization finds.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Verfasser.|first=Madhu Bala 1954-|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1101920366|title=Excavations at Dhalewan (1999-2000 et 2001-2002)|oclc=1101920366}}</ref>

== Culture ==

[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the [[mother tongue]] as well as the [[official language]] here. The [[Jat people|Jatt]] clan of the village includes, [[Jagal clan|Jagal]], [[Chahal clan|Chahal]], [[Brar clan|Brar Sidhu]] [[Bhathal clan|Bhathal]] and [[Sandhu clan|Sandhu]] [[BHATTI clan|BHATTI]].

=== Religion ===

By religion, the village is predominated by the [[Sikh]]s, the follower of [[Sikhism]] with Hindu and [[Muslim]] minorities.

== Demographics ==

According to the 2001 census, the village has the total population of 1,584 with 280 households, 861 males and 723 females.<ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in www.censusindia.gov.in]</ref>

== Education ==

[[File:Govt. Primary School, Lakhmir Wala 2.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Govt. primary school|A view of the local Government Primary School]]

There is a government primary school<ref name=pic>Both pictures above, taken by Tari Buttar, is the proof itself</ref> on the way to [[Chachohar]].

== References ==
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{{Mansa district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mansa district, India]]

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