Charan, SBS Nagar
# Charan, SBS Nagar

Charan is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away from Rahon, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Nawanshahr, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 83 kilometres (52 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.

## Demography

As of 2011, Charan has a total number of 204 houses and population of 1054 of which 535 include are males while 519 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Charan is 80.97%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 103 which is 9.77% of total population of Charan, and child sex ratio is approximately 1060 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 62.81% of total population in Charan. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 327 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Charan which includes 299 males and 28 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.17% workers describe their work as main work and 1.83% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

## Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1961. The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.

KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from the village. Lovely Professional University is 61 kilometres (38 mi) away from the village.

## Transport

Nawanshahr railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 26 kilometres (16 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 61 kilometres (38 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 170 kilometres (110 mi) away in Amritsar.

