Tehang

Tehang
Village
Tehang Tehang Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°03′01″N 75°49′18″E / 31.0503833°N 75.8218002°ECoordinates: 31°03′01″N 75°49′18″E / 31.0503833°N 75.8218002°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,620[1]
	Sex ratio 1860/1760 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144410
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Post office	Phillaur
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Tehang is a large village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village and it is located 3.2 km away from Nagar, 8.5 km from census town Apra, 43.5 km from Jalandhar and 120 km from state capital Chandigarh. Tehang has postal head office in Phillaur which is 7.4 km away from the village.^[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 58.51% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Upper Primary with Secondary/Higher Secondary (GMS Tehand School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1968.^[3]

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Goraya Railway Station is 12 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 40 km 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 138 km away in Amritsar.

References

1. "Tehang Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. "Detail Of School". ICBSE. Retrieved 12 May 2016.