Raipur Araiyan | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.0441°N 75.888°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jalandhar |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Phillaur |
Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 246 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 1506[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | Sex ratio 753/753 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 144419 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01826 |
Registration Plate: | PB 37 |
Iso Code: | IN-PB |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Dayalpur |
Raipur Araiyan or Raipur Araian is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phillaur Nawanshahr Road and located 5.6 km from Nagar, 12.6 km from Phillaur, 55.8 km from Jalandhar and 110 km from state capital Chandigarh. Raipur Araiyan has postal head office in Dayalpur which is 2.8 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 70.05% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Raipur Araiyan School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1994. It also has a privet Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Primary with Upper Primary school.
Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station which is situated 12 km away, however, Goraya Railway Station is 18.9 km away from the village.
The nearest domestic airport is located 44 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also a second nearest international airport is 145 km away in Amritsar.