Cheema Khurd

Cheema Khurd is a village in Phillaur in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. In the Persian language, Kalan is translated as 'big' and Khurd as 'small'. Cheema Khurd is situated beside Cheema Kalan. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the sub district headquarter and 29 kilometres (18 mi) from district headquarter. The village is administrated by Sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.

Cheema Khurd
Village
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Coordinates: 31°07′29.90″N 75°51′33.97″E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Area
• Total	271 ha (670 acres)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,105 550/555 ♂/♀
• Scheduled Castes	521 262/259 ♂/♀
• Total Households	240
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-37
Website	jalandhar.gov.in

Demography

As of 2011^[update], the village has a total number of 240 houses and the population of 1105 of which 550 are males while 555 are females.^[1] According to the report published by Census India in 2011, out of the total population of the village 521 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.^[1] Dutch international cricketer Vikramjit Singh was born in the village. ^[2]

Notable People

• Vikramjit Singh – Netherlands Cricketer
• Ranjit Cheema Canadian gangster

See also

• List of villages in India