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Jajja Khurd

Field	Value
name	Jajja Khurd
settlement_type	Village
pushpin_map	India Punjab#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Punjab, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Punjab
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Jalandhar
subdivision_type3	Tehsil
subdivision_name3	Phillaur
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	246
population_as_of	2011
population_total	959
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Punjabi
demographics1_title2	Other spoken
demographics1_info2	Hindi
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	144418
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	01826
registration_plate	PB 37
iso_code	IN-PB
website

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Jajja Khurd is a village (Pind) 2 km from the market town of Apra and within close proximity of Phagwara, Phillaur, Goraya and Banga. Kalan is Persian language word which means Big and Khurd is Persian word which means small when two villages have same name then it is distinguished with Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small used with Village Name. It is within the Doaba region of Punjab in India in the Jalandhar district, close to the boundary of Nawanshahr district. There is a majority of Garcha/Sandhu surnames residing in the village.

A large Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) is present as you enter Jajja from Apra.

The closest train station is situated 8 km away in the town of Goraya.

People of Jajja Khurd

The people of Jajja Khurd are considered by many as traditional Punjabis, they are known to be very conservative in their values and although a large percentage of the population has emigrated to Europe and North America; they tend not adopt western culture fully i.e. continue the tradition of arranged marriage, females tend not consume alcohol as per traditional Punjabi values.

References

"Jajja Khurd Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
[https://www.mypind.com/jal/jalPage352.htm Jaja Khurd at Mypind.com]
wikimapia.org [https://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.0849878&lon=75.8492661&z=15&l=0&m=b&search=garcha Search of Garcha]

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