Khan Khana
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Khan Khana ਖਾਨਖਾਣਾਂ |
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 Khan Khana
Khan Khana
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| Coordinates: 31°09′14″N 75°57′30″E / 31.1537869°N 75.9582734°ECoordinates: 31°09′14″N 75°57′30″E / 31.1537869°N 75.9582734°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,469 |
| Sex ratio 1270/1199 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 144507 |
| Telephone code | 01884 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Post office | Khan Khana |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Khan Khana or Khankhana (Punjabi: ਖਾਨਖਾਣਾਂ) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away Mukandpur, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Banga, 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 111 kilometres (69 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
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 (dewan) in his court, also known as the Navaratnas.
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.
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