Sahlon
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Sahlon a beautiful village
in the Nawanshahr district
of Punjab
. The main occupations represented in the village's population are agriculture and the transaportation business. Like other residents of the villages in the Doaba region, Sahlon's villagers live mostly abroad.
The population of the village is approximately 1,800, the majority of which belong to the Bhatti Rajput people, which is a sub-division of the Sikh Rajputs. The village has one government high school
, and one cattle dispensary. It is very easy to reach Sahlon from the nearest city center, Nawanshahr
, which is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away, and the nearest town is Banga, which is just 11 kilometers from the village.
In past decades , Sahlon was famous for its youth's interest in the military, with Sahlon having the largest number of military personnel in the 1970s, above that of Nawanshahr Block.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Nawanshahr district
Nawanshahr District
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of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. The main occupations represented in the village's population are agriculture and the transaportation business. Like other residents of the villages in the Doaba region, Sahlon's villagers live mostly abroad.
The population of the village is approximately 1,800, the majority of which belong to the Bhatti Rajput people, which is a sub-division of the Sikh Rajputs. The village has one government high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, and one cattle dispensary. It is very easy to reach Sahlon from the nearest city center, Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a city and it became district in 1995. now it is a municipal council in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is the headquarters of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District....
, which is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away, and the nearest town is Banga, which is just 11 kilometers from the village.
In past decades , Sahlon was famous for its youth's interest in the military, with Sahlon having the largest number of military personnel in the 1970s, above that of Nawanshahr Block.