Sansarpur
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| ?Sansarpur Punjab • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Jalandhar |
| Population | 4,061 (2001) |
Sansarpur is a census town in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Sansarpur had a population of 4061. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sansarpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Sansarpur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Sports
The village in its heyday produced 14 Hockey Olympic players, who reperesented India, Kenya and Canada at the Olympics. All olympians from Sansarpur were of "Kullar/Kular"(jat-sikh)ethnicity. Sansarpur has the rare distinction of having produced the largest number of Olympians from India and hence is known as the "Mecca of Indian Hockey". In one particular Olympics, 7 players from Sansarpur represented their respective countries. 5 from India and 2 from Kenya. In present day Sansarpur though due to the lack of support from the Indian government and lack of facilities like astro turf , the standard of Hockey players emerging from this village is falling.
REIKI The holistic healing treatmentof Reiki propunded by the Japanese Dr. Mikao Usui is being used by Mr. Rupinder Singh Kular, a Reiki Master Teacher, who also hails from Sansarpur, the nursery of hockey.Presently, he is working as a senior lecturer in a college at Jalandhar.He treats the chronic problems with Yogic exercises,Homoeopathic medicines and Reiki with HIS grace.
[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
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