Sahlon

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Sahlon is a village in the Nawanshahr district of Punjab, India, in the Doaba region. Like other residents of the Doaba region, most of the people are settled abroad. The main occupation of this village's residents is agriculture, but some people are in the transportation business.

The population of the village is approximately 1,800. The majority of the people belong to the Bhatti Rajpoots, which is a sub category of the Sikh Rajpoots. The village has one government high school, and one cattle dispensary. Sahlon may be reached from nearest city center, Nawanshahr, which is 7 kilometres (4.4 miles) away. Sahlon can also be reached from Banga (11km/6.9 miles), and Aur (4km 2.5 miles).^{[verification needed]}

In the past, Sahlon was well known for its military, providing the largest number of infantry for Nawanshahr at one time.^{[verification needed]}ELECTION OF PANCHAYAT in this village is very famous in whole district. There are two main parties in this village . but mostly party of LATE SARDAR BALDEV SINGH BHATTI Ex 'SARPANCH' WIN THE ELECTIONS.