| Rauke Kalan | |
| Nickname: | Rauke; Raoke |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab |
| Coordinates: | 30.8219°N 75.1828°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Malwa (Punjab) |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Moga District |
| Government Type: | Democracy |
| Governing Body: | The Government of Punjab |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.5 |
| Elevation M: | 226 |
| Population Total: | 7,891 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 142037 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01636 |
| Registration Plate: | PB-29 |
| Footnotes: | There are approximately 1,540 homes in the village, as of 2011. |
Rauke Kalan is a village in the Moga District of Punjab, India.[1]
Rauke Kalan is located 25 kilometres from the district capital, Moga City; 179 kilometres from the state capital, Chandigarh, and 396 kilometres from the nation's capital, New Delhi.
The nearest airports to Rauke Kalan are Sahnewal Airport (LUH), located in Ludhiana District, and Bathinda Airport (BUP), located in Bathinda City. The nearest international airports are Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport at Amritsar (ATQ) and Chandigarh Airport (IXC).
The highest temperature ever recorded is 48 °C and lowest temperature ever recorded is 0 °C.
Rauke Kalan was founded by a Dhaliwal Jat landowner by the name of Choudhary Rau Dhaliwal. One of Rau Dhaliwal's many descendants was Daswandha Dhaliwal and his daughter Sada Kaur who was born in the village of Rauke in 1762.