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Dosanjh Kalan is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. Kalan is Persian language word which means Big and Khurd is Persian word which means small when two villages have same name then it is distinguished with Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small used with Village Name.
It is situated on Phagwara-Mukandpur road. The village is Template:Convert from Phagwara, Template:Convert from Banga, Template:Convert from Jalandhar, and Template:Convert from the state capital at Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is the elected representative of the village.
Caste
The village has population of 3883 and in the village most of the villagers are from schedule caste (SC) which has constitutes 45.66% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Education
The village has a girls only upper primary with secondary/higher secondary Punjabi medium school which was founded in 1911. The school provide a mid-day meal as per the Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[1] The village also has some private co-ed schools such as:
- G.H.R.K.S.C. School Dosanjh Kalan (upper primary with secondary/higher secondary, founded in 1932)[2]
- Guru Gobind Singh Model School (primary with upper primary)
- Jyoti Model School (primary only)
Transport
Rail
The nearest train station is situated Template:Convert away in Goraya and Phagwara Jn Railway Station is 10 km away from the village.
Air
The nearest domestic airport is Template:Convert away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is Template:Convert away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.
Notable people
References
- ↑ Detail Of Gsss Dosanjh Kalan (G) School. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ↑ G.H.R.K.S.C. School Dosankh Kalan. Retrieved 22 June 2016.