Shahkot is a small city and one of the five

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

s of Jalandhar district in

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. Shahkot is situated on

Jalandhar Jalandhar () is a city in the state of Punjab, India, Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh by population, third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the ...

- Moga- Barnala- Sirsa National Highway 703 (Old NH 71). Shahkot is administered by the Municipal Committee. About 176 villages belong to Shahkot tehsil.

Geography

Shahkot is located at . The region has an average elevation of 209 metres (688 feet). Shahkot is a subdivision and tehsil of Jalandhar District.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Indian

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, Shahkot had a population of 25,449, of which 53% were male and 47% female. The town’s average literacy rate was 83%, higher than the Indian national average of 59.5%; male literacy stood at 85.5% and female literacy at 80.5%. Children under six years of age comprised 12% of the population. Hinduism and Sikhism are the predominant religions, accounting for 60% and 39% of the population respectively, with the remaining 1% practising other faiths. Shahkot lies near the

Sutlej The Sutlej River or the Satluj River is a major river in Asia, flowing through China, India and Pakistan, and is the longest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It is also known as ''Satadru''; and is the easternmost tributary of t ...

River, which divides the Doaba and Malwa regions.

Shahkot tehsil villages

* Bahmanian * Bajwa Khurd * Balnau * Bara Jagir * Bara Jodhsingh * Bhando * Bhoyapur * Billi Baraich * Billi Chaharmi * Billi Chao * Chak Bundala * Chak Chela * Chak Gadaipur * Chak Hathiana * Chak Rame * Chak Yusafpur Allewal * Chawinda * Dhadha Daulatpur * Dharmiwal * Fakhruwal * Fatehpur Bhagwan * Fazalwal * Gadaipur * Gatta Mundi Kasu * Gatti Pir Bakhsh * Gatti Raipur * Gehlan * Giddarpindi * Haveli * Ida * Indowal * Jakopur Khurd * Jalalpur Khurd * Jalanpur Kalan * Janian Chahal * Kakar Kalan * Kakar Khurd * Kanian Khurd * Kara Ramsingh * Kasupur * Khanpur Rajputan * Khosa * Kohar Kalan * Kotla Heran * Kotla Surajmal * Kotha * Kutbiwal * Mahmonwal * Malsian *

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* Mandi Kalu * Nangal Ambian * Poonian * Sohal Jagir * Talwandi Madho

References

External links

Shahkot On Google Maps

Shahkot Map On Shahkotcity.com

Kakra Kalan, Shahkot
{{Jalandhar district Cities and towns in Jalandhar district