Chogawan (Village ID 37508) village, the headquarters of Chogawan block is situated in

Amritsar district Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most ...

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, around 20 km North West of

Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...

city. According to the 2011 census the village has a population of 2342 living in 448 households. Its main agriculture product is wheat growing. The Chogawan block has a population of 148134 persons with around 27% of its population belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It has a low

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 59% as compared to 77% literacy rate of

. The block has no industry and is infrastructurally backward as compared to other parts of the district. Majority of its population is engaged in

farming Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

. Chogawan is a predominantly rural block with 113 villages and shares a large border with neighbouring country

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. A big chunk of the

Mazhabi Mazhabi Sikh (also known as Mazbhabi, Mazbhi, Majhabhi or Majabhi) is a community from Northern India, especially Punjab region, who follow Sikhism. Mazhabi are part of wider category of Sikhs, who convert from the valmiki (chuhra) community. T ...

population are migrated from

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and

Kamoke Kamoke (Urdu: ''کامونکی'') is a city in the Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. It ranks as the 30th largest city in Pakistan according to the 2023 census with a population of 292,023. Kamoke is known for its prominent rice market, being one of ...

of Pakistan, as refugees in 1947. On the other hand the native

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. At the beginning of the last century, they numbered around 1 million and were mainly rural cultivator ...

and Muslim Gujjar population of the city went to Pakistan and settled mainly in Sialkot.

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Villages in Amritsar district {{Amritsar district

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