| Kharar | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 30.74°N 76.65°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district |
| Named For: | Education Hub of Punjab |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Governing Body: | M.C. Kharar |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 309 |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Punjabi, Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Pincode(s) |
| Area Code: | 0160 |
| Postal Code: | 140301 |
| Registration Plate: | PB-27 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 72% |
Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India.[1] [2] [3] It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at [4] and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "Greater Mohali" region.
Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.[5]
Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families.
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Kharar city, as of 2011 census.
| Sikh | 43,089 | 20,562 | 22,527 | |
| Hindu | 29,092 | 13,603 | 15,489 | |
| Muslim | 1,136 | 516 | 620 | |
| Christian | 851 | 428 | 423 | |
| Jain | 97 | 46 | 51 | |
| Buddhist | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other religions | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Not stated | 189 | 85 | 104 | |
| Total | 74,460 | 35,242 | 39,218 |
There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar.
Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:
Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination[7] [8] and a Forensic Laboratory,[9] helpful for speedy justice in legal cases.Kharar has its own government hospital as well. It is situated in the north end of the city.
Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall (VR Punjab Mall) (formerly known as North Country Mall) in Kharar is one of the largest shopping malls with an area of 2 million sq ft.[10] [11]