Anihar

Anihar (also spelled as Aneehar) is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 6.4 km away from postal head office Bara Pind. The village is 10 km away from Goraya, 35 km from Jalandhar, and 125 km from state capital Chandigarh and 165 KM from Wahga Border of Pakistan-India. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Anihar
Village
Anihar is located in Punjab

Anihar
Anihar
Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31.1348712°N 75.8178627°E
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Elevation

246 m (807 ft)
Population

 (2011)
 • Total 1,030[1]
Sex ratio 517/513 ♂/♀
Languages

 • Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144418
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post office Bara Pind
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Before partition, it was a Muslim-dominated village. At the time of partition of India, Muslims of this village migrated to a village Chak 236 GB Kilanwala in Jaranwala in Punjab, Pakistan.

Caste

The village has population of 1030 and in the village most of the villagers are from schedule caste (SC) which has constitutes 73.40% of total population of the village and it doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated 9.8 km away in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 34.7 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is 50 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 129 km away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.