Kharar, SAS Nagar


Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in the state of Punjab. Kharar is located at and has an average elevation of 309 metres. It is near Chandigarh and is often referred to as "Greater Mohali" due to its close proximity to Mohali.

Demographics

Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families.
Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali.

Education

There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar.
Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as:
Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination and a Forensic Laboratory, helpful for speedy justice in legal cases.
Kharar has its own government hospital as well. It is situated in the center of the city.

Commerce

Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall in Kharar is one of the largest shopping malls with an area of 2 million sq ft.