Burj Pukhta or Burj Pukta, is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3.3 km away from Nagar, 47.7 km from Jalandhar and 115 km from state capital Chandigarh. Burj Pukhta has postal head office in Phillaur which is 4.5 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Burj Pukhta
Village
Burj Pukhta is located in Punjab
Burj Pukhta
Burj Pukhta
Location in Punjab, India
Burj Pukhta is located in India
Burj Pukhta
Burj Pukhta
Burj Pukhta (India)
Coordinates: 31°02′03″N 75°48′04″E / 31.0341593°N 75.8010314°E / 31.0341593; 75.8010314
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilPhillaur
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total510[1]
 Sex ratio 245/265 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144410
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB 37
Post officePhillaur
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Caste

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Schedule caste (SC) constitutes 47.84% of the total population of the village, which does not have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Transport

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Rail

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Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 10.5 km away from the village.

The nearest domestic airport is located 35 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is the second nearest airport, which is 142 km away in Amritsar.

References

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  1. ^ "Burj Pukhta Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.