Rajiana

Rajiana, Moga (Punjab)
—  village  —
Rajiana, Moga (Punjab) Location of Rajiana, Moga (Punjab) in Punjab and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Moga
Nearest city	Bagha Purana, Moga, Kotkapura, Mudki, Nihal Singh Wala
Parliamentary constituency	Faridkot
Assembly constituency	Panjgarain
Population	20,345 (2011[update])
Sex ratio	1000:910 ♂/♀
Literacy	99%
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 142038 • Telephone • +01636 • Vehicle • PB29

Rajiana (Punjabi: ਰਾਜਿਆਣਾ) is one of the biggest & oldest village of Malwa region of Punjab state. It is situated on Moga-Kotkapura highway in Moga district. It takes around 30 minutes by bus from Moga and Kotkapura to reach the village.
The village is divided in pattis like Joga Patti, Ghoga Patti, Wazir patti etc. The people of the village belongs to various religions, most of them are Sikhs of Brar clan. The village has three panchayats Rajiana, Rajiana Patti Vigha and Rajiana Khurd. There are three water works in the village supplying pure water to the villagers. Streets of the village are made from concrete.

Contents 1 History 2 Population 3 Literacy 4 Occupation 5 Educational Institutes 6 Other Places 7 Link Roads 8 Revenue Information 9 External links 10 References

History

The background of the village belongs to Sidhu-Brar. Sidhu-Brar came from Rajstan-Pakistan area and pushed Gill's from this site towards Moga side. The village is app. 600 years old and it's named after the name of Saint Baba Rajapir.

Population

Population of the village is about 20345 as of 2011. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. In Rajiana 10% of the population is under 9 years of age and 15% of the population is over 75 years.

Literacy

Rajiana has a literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81% and female literacy is 71%. Today's generation is getting higher and professional education from good reputed institutes and from abroad also.

Occupation

Main occupation of the villagers is agriculture, main crops are wheat, rice and chara. Day-by-day new generation is adopting new occupations also like jobs, business, going abroad etc.

Educational Institutes

The educational institutes in the village are-

• Govt. Elementary School 1
• Govt. Elementary School 2
• Govt. Senior Secondary School
• Sant Miha Singh Rajapir Senior Secondary School and Nursery
• Khalsa Public School, Rajiana
• Guru Nanak Public School, Rajiana
• Guru Hargobind Public School, KMS road, Rajiana

Other Places

Other main places are-

• Govt. Hospital
• Vetenary Hospital
• Panchayat Ghar
• Dharmshalas named on different patties ( Patti Narang ki,patti Wazir ki, Padarth, Joga Patti, Haveli Patti, Ghoga Patti etc.)
• Jhidi Baba Rajapir

Link Roads

Following villages are linked by roads from Rajiana

• Bagha Purana
• Guru Teg Bahadur Garh
• Rode
• Kotla Mehar Singh Wala
• Kothe Rode
• Alamwala Kallan
• Vairoke
• Chanuwala
• Budh Singh Wala

	Rode	Alamwala	Bagha Purana
	G.T.B. Garh		Chanuwala
		Rajiana
	Vairoke	Kotla Mehar Singh Wala	Budh Singh Wala

Revenue Information

• Hadbast number- 110
• Village area- 2221 Acre
• Patwar circle- Rajiana
• Kanungo circle- Smalsar
• No. of families- 1500 app.

External links

• Google map for Rajiana
• Information of Villages of Punjab
• Rajiana on Wikimapia

References

1. Villagers
2. http://www.mypind.com/

Cities and towns in Moga district Tehsils and Sub-tehsils Moga Bagha Purana Nihal Singh Wala Dharamkot Badhni Kalan Villages Ajitwal Charik Chuhar Chak Dosanjh Rajiana Cities and Towns in other Districts Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Mansa Mohali Nawanshahr Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Sri Muktsar Sahib Tarn Taran