Kala Bakra

Kala Bakra
Village

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Kala Bakra Railway Station
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144303 [1]
Telephone code 0181

Kala Bakra village comes under the Bhogpur development block of Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.

About

Kala Bakra lies on the Jalandhar-Pathankot road. The village has its own railway station. Its area is 454 hectares with a population of 2456 individuals (according to the 1991 census). The village has its own primary and secondary school, govt hospital. The village holds two main jatt clans Dhaliwal and Rai, the latter also known as sarobadhi as they descended from sarobadh. Dhaliwals areprominently well established in the village as they are known as Lambardars and Sarpanchs. Kala Bakra is mainly known for being the home of Gurbachan Singh Rai, a Subedar Major in the Indian army and Col BS Rai aka Bunty. Kala bakra is also home to a famous Punjabi singer Rai Jujhar. The village has given many officers and soldiers to the Army like Col Bhupinder Singh Rai, Col HS Phagura etc.

Post Code and STD Code

Kala Bakra's post and STD codes are 144303 and 0181 respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Pincode Search". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


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