Samrala
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Samrala is a city and a municipal council
in Ludhiana district
in the India
n state
of Punjab
. It is about 35 km east of the district headquarters Ludhiana, on the highway to Chandigarh. Samrala is a Class III Municipality.
, Samrala had a population of 17,610. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Samrala has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 68%. In Samrala, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The town has a mixed Hindu-Sikh population. The city is dominated mainly by the [bhardwaj] , [Kang], [Mangat], [Dhillon],[Shahi], [Tiwari],[Sidhu],[Dhaliwal],[Khullar],[Toor], [Saini]
Municipal council
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in Ludhiana district
Ludhiana District
-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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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...
. It is about 35 km east of the district headquarters Ludhiana, on the highway to Chandigarh. Samrala is a Class III Municipality.
Geography
Samrala is located at 30.84°N 76.19°E. It has an average elevation of 249 metres (816 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Samrala had a population of 17,610. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Samrala has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 68%. In Samrala, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The town has a mixed Hindu-Sikh population. The city is dominated mainly by the [bhardwaj] , [Kang], [Mangat], [Dhillon],[Shahi], [Tiwari],[Sidhu],[Dhaliwal],[Khullar],[Toor], [Saini]