Khanna (city)
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Khanna is a city and a municipal council
in the Ludhiana district
of the India
n state
of Punjab
.
word, which means One Quarter (1/4 or 0.25). The city was named thus because of its size, which used to be just a quarter of what a normal city should be. In other words, it used to be a very small city. Khanna the biggest Grain Market of Asia
followed by the Grain Market of Rajpura
Punjab is on internet. Khanna is an ancient town which came into existence 500 years back. History reveals that Sher Shah Suri
built a number of sarais
(inns) at every 12 to 15 miles along the Delhi
-Lahore
road. One of the sarais was built in this area which is still known as the Purani Sarai. After the decline of Mughal
rule in the Punjab, Banda Bahadur
captured the area from Sirhind to Hoshiarpur
. After that a Jathedar of Dahedu controlled and occupied the whole of the area from Dahedu to Nabha
. He married his daughter Daya Kaur to King of Nabha. When a family dispute arose between King of Nabha and Rani Daya Kaur she left Nabha for good and came back to Dahedu to her parental home. According to Indian conventions she could not remain with her parents forever. Therefore, her father cut out a KANN which signifies a Small Portion of the territory between Dahedu and Nabha.It is well known for its agriculture. With the passage of time, the word KANN came to be known as KHANNA.
The city is located at a distance of 40 km from the city of Ludhiana on the Grand Trunk Road
(National Highway 1) and is home to Asia's largest grain market. Its area is about 70 km2. Villages nearby include Payal, Ikolaha
, Rahoun, Issru
, Harion Kalan and Boothgarh, Bulepur, Rasulra, Ghutind.
, Khanna had a population of 103,059. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Khanna has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 68%. In Khanna, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Khanna has Following school/colleges:
A.S. College is the first college in Ludhiana district rural which was granted A+ grade by National Accreditation and Assessment of Colleges(NAAC).NAAC is accreditation agency of the Government of India.
clan/surname common with Hindu
, Sikh
and Muslim
families. It belongs to the top of the Khatri pyramid, called the Dhai Ghar (which means 2½) consisting of: Khanna, Kapoor
, Malhotra
and Seth
.
Bikramjit Singh Khalsa is the Member of Legislative Assembly of Punjab from Khanna (on dated 2011-07-15).
Rahul Shukla is Distt Detegate of the youth congress .
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in the Ludhiana district
Ludhiana District
-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...
of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.
History
Khanna is a PunjabiPunjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
word, which means One Quarter (1/4 or 0.25). The city was named thus because of its size, which used to be just a quarter of what a normal city should be. In other words, it used to be a very small city. Khanna the biggest Grain Market of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
followed by the Grain Market of Rajpura
Rajpura
Rajpura is a city and a municipal council in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab.-Geography:Rajpura is located at . It has an average elevation of 259 metres ....
Punjab is on internet. Khanna is an ancient town which came into existence 500 years back. History reveals that Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri , birth name Farid Khan, also known as Sher Khan , was the founder of the short-lived Sur Empire in northern India, with its capital at Delhi, before its demise in the hands of the resurgent Mughal Empire...
built a number of sarais
Caravanserai
A caravanserai, or khan, also known as caravansary, caravansera, or caravansara in English was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...
(inns) at every 12 to 15 miles along the Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
-Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
road. One of the sarais was built in this area which is still known as the Purani Sarai. After the decline of Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
rule in the Punjab, Banda Bahadur
Banda Bahadur
Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh warrior and martyr. He became part of struggle against the Mughal Empire in the early 18th century, after meeting Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh gave him the new name of Banda Singh Bahadur...
captured the area from Sirhind to Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourth century. In 1809 it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab....
. After that a Jathedar of Dahedu controlled and occupied the whole of the area from Dahedu to Nabha
Nabha
Nabha is a city and municipal council in the Patiala district to the south-west of the Indian state of Punjab. In 1998, the annual income of Nabha state was Rs 1,50,000/-.- Princely State of Nabha :...
. He married his daughter Daya Kaur to King of Nabha. When a family dispute arose between King of Nabha and Rani Daya Kaur she left Nabha for good and came back to Dahedu to her parental home. According to Indian conventions she could not remain with her parents forever. Therefore, her father cut out a KANN which signifies a Small Portion of the territory between Dahedu and Nabha.It is well known for its agriculture. With the passage of time, the word KANN came to be known as KHANNA.
The city is located at a distance of 40 km from the city of Ludhiana on the Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...
(National Highway 1) and is home to Asia's largest grain market. Its area is about 70 km2. Villages nearby include Payal, Ikolaha
Ikolaha
Ikolaha is a village located near Khanna in Ludhiana district of Punjab in India.The village Dholewal is approximately 15km from Ikolaha....
, Rahoun, Issru
Issru
Issru is a village situated near Khanna, ludhiana, Punjab, India. Issru is a historical village.Shaheed Karnail Singh Benipal, who sacrificed his life for the Goa Liberation Movement, belonged to this village. This Village Mainly Comprises Of People having 'Benipal' as their Surname....
, Harion Kalan and Boothgarh, Bulepur, Rasulra, Ghutind.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Khanna had a population of 103,059. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Khanna has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 68%. In Khanna, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Khanna has Following school/colleges:
- A. S. Group Of College
- A.S. College for Women
- A.S. College of Education
- A.S. Sr Secondary School.
A.S. College is the first college in Ludhiana district rural which was granted A+ grade by National Accreditation and Assessment of Colleges(NAAC).NAAC is accreditation agency of the Government of India.
Trivia
Khanna is also a Punjabi KhatriKhatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
clan/surname common with Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
, Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
families. It belongs to the top of the Khatri pyramid, called the Dhai Ghar (which means 2½) consisting of: Khanna, Kapoor
Kapoor
Kapoor or Kapur and sometimes but rarely Capoor is the name of a gotra of punjabi descent belonging to the Khatri Varna. They are part of the "Dhai Ghar", meaning two and a half houses. Kapurs, Malhotra , Khanna and Seth marry their children with each other...
, Malhotra
Malhotra
Malhotra is a Suryavanshi Khatri family surname originating from the Punjab region of the Indian Subcontinent, today straddling India and Pakistan.The Malhotras belong to the kshatriya varna ....
and Seth
Seth
Seth , in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who are the only other of their children mentioned by name...
.
Politics
S.S. Dullo, the Ex-President PPCC is a resident of Khanna. The Congress President of Dist. Ludhiana, Mr. Bhalinder Singh Bhandal also resides in Khanna. Sukhdev Singh Libra is the MP. The president of Municipal council Khanna is Iqbal singh channi.'Bikramjit Singh Khalsa is the Member of Legislative Assembly of Punjab from Khanna (on dated 2011-07-15).
Rahul Shukla is Distt Detegate of the youth congress .