Bhikhiwind is a town and a nagar panchayat, just about 33 km from Tarn Taran Sahib in Tarn Taran district in the Majha region of state of Punjab, India. The town is located along the India-Pakistan border, and is some 280 km from Chandigarh.

History

The village is site of the historic 1965 India-Pakistan Battle of Asal Uttar in which Pakistan was comprehensively defeated and it still remains a world record or highest number for battle tanks destroyed in a single day as Indian Army had destroyed 97 Pakistani tanks on 10th September 1965.

Geography

Bhikhiwind is located at .

Demographics Census of India, Bhikhiwind had a population of 10,269. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhikhiwind has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with the male literacy rate of 71% and female literacy rate of 60%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Bhikhiwind town and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.

+Population by religious groups in Bhikhiwind town, 2011 censushttps://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Bhikhiwind (CT)ReligionTotalFemaleMaleGender ratioSikh14,6096,9587,651909Hindu5,5072,3513,156744Christian259113146773Muslim1204971690Buddhist2111000Not stated2916131230Total20,5269,48811,038859

Transport

Air: Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport at Amritsar is 45 km to the north.

Rail: Patti is the nearest railway station on the Amritsar-Patti-Khem Karan line, which is being extended from Patti to Mallanwala Khas as an additional direct link from Amritsar to Firozpur and Rajasthan via the under-construction long rail-cum-road bridge on Sutlej River.

Road: NH354 connects Bhikhiwind to Amritsar, Dera Baba Nanak and Gurdaspur to the north as well as to Khemkaran Firozpur, and Malout in the south. NH703B connects Bhikhiwind to Taran Taran city (25 km) and Moga to the east as well as to Lahore in Pakistan to the west.

See also

Khemkaran Attari–Wagah border ceremony

References