Kharar, SAS Nagar
# Kharar, SAS Nagar

Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India. It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at 30°44′N 76°39′E﻿ / ﻿30.74°N 76.65°E﻿ / 30.74; 76.65 and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "Greater Mohali" region.

## Demographics

Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.

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.

## Education

There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar.

* Christian boys high school, Kharar established in 1891 and the school was headed by principal RW Ryburn .
* Khalsa senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1920
* Arya senior secondary school and women college, Kharar was established in 1968 by Arya pratinidi sabha, Jalandhar.
* Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975.
* IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar
* Vickram public high school kharar
* Lawerance public senior secondary school, sector-51

Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:

* Rayat Bahra University, Sahauran
* Chandigarh University, Gharuan
* Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran and Jhanjheri
* Doaba Group of Colleges, Sahauran
* Guru Gobind Singh College of Modern Technology, Khanpur
* Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori
* Government Polytechnic College, Khunimajra

## Medical testing

Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination and a Forensic Laboratory, 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.

## Commerce

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.

