Buttar Bakhuha

Buttar Bakhuha
Buttar Bakhuha
village
	Buttar Bakhuha Location in Punjab, India Buttar Bakhuha Buttar Bakhuha (India)
	Coordinates: 30°26′17″N 74°39′57″E / 30.438111°N 74.665725°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
Region	Punjab
District	Sri Muktsar Sahib
Talukas	Giddarbaha
Population (2001)
• Total	1,985
Languages
• Official	Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
• Regional	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	152101
Telephone code	01637
Vehicle registration	PB30
Nearest city	Giddarbaha
Sex ratio	1000/912 ♂/♀

Buttar Bakhuha is a small village in the Giddarbaha tehsil^[1] of Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India. The village is predominated by the Jatts of Buttar clan.

Geography

The village is 7 km away from the Giddarbaha city and 265 km from the state capital city of Chandigarh. Husnar (4.5 km), Madhir (4.5 km) and Kot Bhai (4.5 km) are the surrounding villages.

Demographics

At the 2001 census, the village had a total population of 1,985 with 332 households, 1,038 males and 947 females.^[2] Thus males constituted 52% and females 48% of the population with the sex ratio of 912 females per thousand males.

Culture

The village is predominated by the Jatts of Buttar community/clan. The population mainly follows the Sikh faith.

Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language of the village.

References

^ "Now EGS-ETT teachers pitch tents in Giddarbaha". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ "Buttar Bakhuha census data". Government of India. censusindia.gov.in. 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2012.