Kala Afghana | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Coordinates: | 31.886°N 75.044°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Gurdaspur |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Batala |
Subdivision Type4: | Region |
Subdivision Name4: | Majha |
Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Total Households |
Population Blank2: | 979 |
Population Total: | 4944 2589/2355 ♂/♀ |
Population Blank1 Title: | Scheduled Castes |
Population Blank1: | 377 194/183 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Area Total Ha: | 929 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone |
Area Code: | 01871 |
Registration Plate: | PB-18 |
Iso Code: | IN-PB |
Kala Afghana is a village in Batala tehsil located in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is from sub district headquarter which is Batala and from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, an elected representative of the village. The village is about 5 km from Dhianpur and about 10 km from Fatehgarh Churian.
Before 1947, the village is said to have large number of Muslims in it. A mosque is still standing in the village. The village also became a center of the communists in the area. Communists still have a significant presence in the village.
, The village has 979 houses and the population of 4944, of which 2589 are males and 2355 are females.[1] According to the report published by Census India in 2011, out of the total population of the village 377 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[2] The village has a significant Christian population.
Notable educational institutions in Kala Afghana include:-