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{{for|the village of Gurdaspur district|Buttar Kalan, Gurdaspur}}
{{other uses|Buttar (disambiguation)}}
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'''Buttar Kalan''' is a village in [[Moga district]] of [[Punjab, Indian|East Punjab]] (India)<ref name=ti>{{cite news |title=Respite from rain, but drains continue to overflow |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100724/punjab.htm |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=24 July 2010 |access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=pt>{{cite news |title=ਬੁੱਟਰ ਕਲਾਂ ’ਚ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਨੇ ਫਾਹਾ ਲਿਆ |url=http://punjabitribuneonline.com/2011/06/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0-%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82-%E2%80%99%E0%A8%9A-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%87-%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BE/ |newspaper=PunjabiTribune |date=15 June 2011 |access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=ti2>{{cite news |title=In-laws booked: |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020616/ldh1.htm |newspaper=The Tribune |date=16 June 2002 |access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref> located on the [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]]-[[Barnala]] highway.<ref name=yt>{{cite video |year=2012 |title=Buttar Kalan (Moga, Punjab) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V24Uii3wsfE |language=pa |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=20 June 2012 |id=ehmerapunjab}}</ref> [[Khurd and Kalan]] are Persian words meaning "small" and "big", respectively. When two villages have same name, they are differentiated by adding "Khurd" or "Kalan" to their names.

== Culture and People ==

[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the [[mother tongue]] as well as the [[official language]] of the village, predominated by the [[Jat people|Jatt people]] of [[Buttar]] clan. Genetic studies conducted of this area confirm steady amounts of [[West Asian]] ancestry and detectable levels of [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] influences in the population. As in other parts of [[Punjab]], skin color ranges from almost white to almost black in Buttar, however, the most common skin colors are medium brown and dark brown. Exposure to the sun accounts for the darker complexion of [[Jat]] farmworkers. As a rule, the hair color is almost always dark brown and frequently curly in texture. However, traces of blondism in hair and eye color are present in small percentages.

== Religion ==
Currently the village is predominated by the [[Sikh]]s.

=== History===
Buttar is very old village in the area that was established during Vedic times by Central Asian immigrants. This village had its very first secondary school in early years, loads of people from around villages used to come for their study in this village. There are many political celebrities form this village.S.Gurmit Singh Dhillon is a respected ex-Sarpanch, who served selflessly till 1997. buttar is turning into shape of large town nowadays but it had split into two parts by panchayati department and now it is known by dhillon buttar, and bhullar buttar. buttar has held tournament every year for youngsters and others. Three-fourths of the people from this village live abroad in places such as Canada, USA, Australia and many other countries.

== See also ==
*[[Buttar]], the Jatt clan
*[[Buttar Kalan, Gurdaspur]]
*[[Buttar Sarinh]]
*[[Kokri Buttran]]

== References ==
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{{Villages of Buttar Jatts}}

{{Moga district}}

[[Category:Villages in Moga district]]

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