Burj Pukhta

Village in Punjab, India

31°02′03″N 75°48′04″E / 31.0341593°N 75.8010314°E / 31.0341593; 75.8010314Country

IndiaStatePunjabDistrictJalandharTehsilPhillaurGovernment

• TypePanchayat raj • BodyGram panchayatElevation

246 m (807 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total510^[1] Sex ratio 245/265 ♂/♀Languages

• OfficialPunjabiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

144410

Telephone code01826ISO 3166 codeIN-PBVehicle registrationPB 37Post officePhillaurWebsitejalandhar.nic.in

Burj Pukhta or Burj Pukta, is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3.3 km away from Nagar, 47.7 km from Jalandhar and 115 km from state capital Chandigarh. Burj Pukhta has postal head office in Phillaur which is 4.5 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

Schedule caste (SC) constitutes 47.84% of the total population of the village, which does not have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 10.5 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 35 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is the second nearest airport, which is 142 km away in Amritsar.