Bhattian is a village in the

Phillaur Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doa ...

tehsil of

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of the Indian state of

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. It is located on from the head postal office in Phillaur, from

Goraya Goraya is a city in Jalandhar district and Tehsil of the Indian state of Punjab. It lies between Jalandhar and stretch of National Highway 44 (Old NH 1), Grand Trunk Road. Goraya city was famous for manufacturing of foundry objects, bearing ...

, from Jalandhar, and from the state capital of

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

. The village is administered by the

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, an elected representative.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, Bhatian has a population of 687. The village has a literacy rate of 78.77%, higher than the average literacy rate of

. 79.04% of the population belongs to a Schedule Caste (SC).

Education

The village has a co-ed primary school (Pri Bhattian School) which provide a mid-day meal as per the Indian

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Transport

Bhattian has a railway station which is from

Junction and away from the Goraya railway station. The nearest airport is located away in

Ludhiana Ludhiana () is the most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab.164.100.161.224 http://164.100.161.224 › filesPDF Ludhiana State: Punjab Business & Industrial Centre, Tier 2 1 ... The city has an estima ...

. The nearest

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is in Chandigarh.

References

Villages in Jalandhar district Villages in Phillaur tehsil {{Jalandhar-geo-stub