Khan Khana


Khan Khana or Khankhana is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away Mukandpur, from Banga, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.

History

The village was named after Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana who was a poet who lived during the rule of Mughal emperor Akbar. He was one of the nine important ministers in his court, also known as the Navaratnas.

Demography

As of 2011, Khan Khana has a total number of 539 houses and population of 2469 of which 1270 include are males while 1199 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Khan Khana is 80.47%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 236 which is 9.56% of total population of Khan Khana, and child sex ratio is approximately 944 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 60.43% of total population in Khan Khana. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 767 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Khan Khana which includes 686 males and 81 females. According to census survey report 2011, 52.28% workers describe their work as main work and 47.72% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, girls only upper primary with secondary school and a boys-only primary school. The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Khalsa Middle School is one of the oldest school in the village which was founded in 1923, by overseas Punjabis in Stockton the school was intended to provide Punjabi-language education. Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.

Transport

Banga train station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 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 away in Amritsar.

Notable people