Shahkot is a small town near Dist. Jalandhar, Punjab, India

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. Shahkot is situated on the Jalandhar - Moga road. It is administrated the Municipal Committee. The town is surrounded by many small and big villages like "Dhandowal", "Kotla Suraj Mal"," kakra kalan ", "Tut Sher Singh","Kania Kalan", "Nangal Ambian" "Mianwal" "Nawan Qila","Kohar Khurd""Chack Bahmanian" "Sandanwal" amongst others. About 250 villages belongs to Shahkot tehsil. Shahkot is famous for its Red Chillies. Red roofs are a common site in Shahkot during chilli producing season.

Website

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Geography

Shahkot is located at 31.08°N 75.34°E. It has an average elevation of 210 metre

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s (688 feet).... It is a Tehsil now. Pin Code of SHAHKOT is 144702.Shahkot is now subdivison and Tehsil too. Shahkot is famous for its red chilli market. It has also large number of rice mills in Punjab.

Demographics

India census

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, Shahkot had a population of 12,631. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shahkot has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 67%. In Shahkot, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hinduism and Sikhism are the most predominant religions in Shahkot as Hinduism(60%) and Sikhism (39%) and Others(1%)
shahkot is near the Satluj river which divide Doaba and Malwa.

Shahkot Administration

• Ex President Of Nagar Panchayat

Mr.Pawan Kumar Puri

• Congress Party

Indian National Congress

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Major Shops

• Friends Electronics, Main Bazaar
• Heera iron store,malsian road shahkot
• Saggar computer care hospital road shahkot
• Manisha beauty parlour sabzi mandi shahkot
• new grace beauty parlour (near saggar dhaba)
• Rajan Cloth House (Main Bazar), Prop: Kalicharan Sharma

Famous Personalities

• Puran Shahkoti (Famous sufi singer)
• Ajit singh kohar (Revune minster of punjab)
• Master Saleem (Famous Punjabi and Bollywood Singer)
• Mehar Deen (National Wrestler [Awarded as Rustame Hind)

Schools in Shahkot

Shahkot has the following schools:

• Sri Guru Ram Das Public School Shahkot
• Navyug Public School
• Public Senior Secondary School
• Govt.High School (Boys)
• Govt. High School (Girls)
• Ramgarhia Public
• Divya Jyoti Public School
• St. Jude Convent School
• Guru Teg Bahadur Model High School
• Sky Way public School
• govt s s school mulewal kherha
• state public school shahko

Colleges in Shahkot

• Mata sahib kaur (SGPC based) women college Dhandowal
• Ramgarhia college for girls
• S.P. college for girls
• SDM Public Co-ed College

Hospitals in shahkot

• Bansal Homoeo Hospital,Civil Hospital Road.9878693890
• Patanjali Chikatsalya Main Bazar 9815188103
• Dr. Dalip Singh Clinic Civil Hospital Road Shahkot
• Bhandal Hospital Moga Road
• Jain Hospital Moga Road
• Civil hospital
• Tagore Hospital Slaichan Road
• Pannu homoeopathic clinic Near Civil Hosp.
• Chandigarh Dental Saidpur Road
• Shahkot Mission hospital
• Surindra hospital
• Sadana cardic hospital
• Chopra Hospital Saidpur Road
• Bhagwati Hospital and Nursing Home Slaichan road
• Bawa Hospital
• Thind Hospital
• Sukhmani Bone Hospital
• Harjai Dental Hospital Main Bazzar
• Naresh Hospital Civil Hospital Road
• Arora Hospital Moga Road
• Kanwal Dental Clinic

Social Organizations

• Helpline Group Shahkot (Regd) President Mr. Sita Ram Thakur
• Citizen Welfare Club (Regd.) Shahkot. Chairman Azad Singh Sachdeva, President Dr. Surinderpal Singh Kalra
• International Human Right Org. (Regd.) Block Shahkot. President Azad Singh Sachdeva
• Youth welfare club (R) Shahkot, President Mr. Davinder Singh Ahluwalia
• Sikh Students Federation, President Mr. Amandeep Singh Ahluwalia
• Niskam welfare club shalapur shahkot President Mr.Rajwinder singh dhanju
• Shri Satya Sai Baba Social & Welfare Society, Malsian (Shahkot),Rajan Trehan
• All India human rights committee (kamaljit bhatti. Gen sec. punjab)
• RTI SENA
• ALL INDIA CONSUMER PROTECTION ORGANISATION (Vice president, Punjab)