Sailkiyana

Sailkiyana
Village
Sailkiyana Location in Punjab, India Sailkiyana Sailkiyana (India) Show map of PunjabShow map of IndiaShow all
Coordinates: 31°02′38″N 75°54′23″E / 31.0439559°N 75.9065071°E / 31.0439559; 75.9065071Coordinates: 31°02′38″N 75°54′23″E / 31.0439559°N 75.9065071°E / 31.0439559; 75.9065071
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,410[1]
	Sex ratio 734/676 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144419
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Post office	Dayalpur
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Sailkiyana or Salkiana is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on Phillaur Nawanshahr Road and located 6.7 km from Nagar, 13.7 km from Phillaur, 56.9 km from Jalandhar and 108 km from state capital Chandigarh. Sailkiyana has postal head office in Dayalpur which is 2 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Caste[]

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 84.40% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education[]

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Sailkiyana). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1996.^[2]

Transport[]

Rail[]

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station which is situated 13.6 km away, however, Goraya Railway Station is 24 km away from the village.

Air[]

The nearest domestic airport is located 44 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also a second nearest international airport is 148 km away in Amritsar.

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