Sarai Khas

Sarai-khas
Sarawa
village
Sarai-khas
Sarai-khas

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°24′26″N 75°30′37″E / 31.407293°N 75.5102°E / 31.407293; 75.5102Coordinates: 31°24′26″N 75°30′37″E / 31.407293°N 75.5102°E / 31.407293; 75.5102
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Block Jalandhar West
Tehsil Kartarpur
Population
  Total 7,000
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 148005
Vehicle registration PB 08
Nearest city Kartarpur
Climate Humid subtropical climate
Avg. summer temperature 47 °C (117 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 5 °C (41 °F)
Website www.saraikhas.com

Sarai-Khas (affectionately known as "Biby Pind" and "Sarawa") is a village in Jalandhar, Punjab. The small village has a population of around 7,000 people, many of whom are farmers. The village is situated 7 miles from Jalandhar, 2 miles from Kartarpur, ½ mile south of GT Road.

Climate

Has a humid subtropical climate with cool winters and hot summers. Summers last from April to June and winters from November to February. The climate is dry on the whole, except during the brief southwest monsoon season during July and August. The average annual rainfall is about 70 cm.

History

This Village was started by Atto Jatt Sarai (About 300+ years ago) and he had four sons named Uttam (Billa), Ram Ditta (Chela), Bura (Bura) & Bhagari (Bhagari) now the village was also divided in four Parts Billa, Bura,Bhagari & Chela.

The First Name of this village was Sarawan but due to similarity of names and to avoid the confusion among names this village was renamed as Sarai Khas from Sarawan after Indo-Pak Partition. It has a population Of More than 7000 which contains mostly farmers.and many families living outside India.

Communities

The families Bains, Sandhu, Nagra, Malhi, Gill, Kalyan, Sanghera are ‘settlers’ in the village.


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