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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Husnar
| other_name = Husner
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = WaterWorks, Husnar.jpg
| image_alt = Water Works of Husnar
| image_caption = Water Works of Husnar
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.225|N|74.638|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Punjab region|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district|Sri Muktsar Sahib]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s
| parts = [[Giddarbaha]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 185
| population_total = 4,845
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gurmukhi|Punjabi (Gurmukhi)]]
| demographics1_title2 = Regional
| demographics1_info2 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 152101<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.net.in/PUNJAB/MUKTSAR/H/HUSNAR|title=Husnar PIN code|author=|date=|work=|publisher=www.pincode.net.in|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 01637-232***
| registration_plate = PB60
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Giddarbaha]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1000/919 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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'''Husnar''' is a village located in the [[Giddarbaha]] [[tehsil]] of [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]] in [[Punjab, India]].

==Geography==

[[File:Husnar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Panjab.png|thumb|A map of the village]]

Husnar is approximately centered at {{coord|30|13|32|N|74|38|12|E}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/9392640/muktsar-road-giddarbaha-unknown-building|title=Village Husnar coordinates|author=|date=|work=by users|publisher=www.wikimapia.org|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://holyindia.org/temple/husnar/husnar_location_latitude_longitude|title=Husnar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab Location, PIN code|author=|date=|work=|publisher=www.holyindia.org|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> on the [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]]-[[Giddarbaha]] road in the [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]] in [[Punjab, India|Indian Punjab]], having an average [[elevation]] of 185 metres (607 ft). The village is only 2 km from the nearest city and railway station, [[Giddarbaha]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Badal assures to look into EGS teachers' demands|author=Archit Watts|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111221/jal.htm|newspaper=The Tribune, Chandigarh|date=20 December|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> and 264 km from the state [[capital city]] of [[Chandigarh]]. [[Buttar Bakhuha]] (4.5 km), [[Madhir]] (5 km), [[Bharu, Punjab|Bharu]] (3 km) are the surrounding villages.

==Demographics==

In 2001, according to the census, the village had the total population of 4,845 with 819 households, 2525 males and 2320 females.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=03&district_code=12|title=Census data for Husnar, Giddarbaha sub-district (Sr. No. 26)|author=|year=2001|work=Government of India|publisher=www.censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=9 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001002149/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=03&district_code=12|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Thus males constitutes 52% and females 48% of the population with the [[sex ratio]] of 919 females per thousand males.

==Culture==

'''Husnar''' is predominated by the [[Jat people|Jatt people]] of Brar and [[Sidhu]] communities. The other Jatt minorities includes, [[Gill (clan)|Gill]]s, [[Vehniwal]]s and [[Dhillon]]s. The [[Other Backward Class|OBC]]s are mostly [[Tarkhan]]s of [[Khatri]] community and [[Ghumiar]]s and the [[Scheduled castes|SC]]s includes [[Mazhabi]]s and [[Chamar]]s mainly.

<br>[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the [[mother tongue]] as well as the [[official language]] of the village.

===Religion===

The villagers are mainly [[Sikh]]s, with [[Hindu]] minorities, and follows [[Sikhism]]. The village have two beautiful newly constructed [[Gurudwara]]s as the main religious sites.
[[File:Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib, Husnar.jpg|thumb|centre|alt=caption|Outer view of Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib]]
''Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib'' located in the middle of the village.
[[File:Gurudwara Himmatsar Sahib, Husnar.jpg|thumb|centre|alt=caption|Outer view of Gurudwara Himmatsar Sahib]]

A Dera, ''Dera Baba Ganga Ram Ji'' is also a place of religious respect in the memory of ''Baba Ganga Ram Ji'', a very honored Sant of the area. There is a Dera in the memory of the same Sant in the nearest city of [[Giddarbaha]] also.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/9294220/dera-baba-ganga-ram-ji|title=Dera Baba Ganga Ram Ji (Giddarbaha)|author=|date=|work=by users|publisher=www.wikimapia.org|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> People have great respect for ''Baba Sidh'', a regarded [[Saint|Sant]] and the main person of the local ''Gaushala'' few years ago. A statue of the Sant is located in the Gaushala.

===Education & Sports===

The village has a Govt. Primary School (near Gurudwara Nanaksar Sahib), Govt. High School (on Husnar-Giddarbaha road), two Anganwari center and some private schools. The students goes to [[Giddarbaha]], [[Bathinda]] and [[Malout]] for higher education.

<br>The village have a Gaushala (a place for cows), water works,<ref>{{cite news|title=Teachers tank up stir, threaten suicide|author=Mukesh Tandon|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Teachers-tank-up-stir-threaten-suicide/articleshow/11151740.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date=18 December 2011|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> an R.O. Plant and very good bus services to the surroundings.
[[File:R.O. Plant, Husnar.jpg|thumb|centre|alt=caption|R.O. Plant in Husnar]]

====Sports====

The village has good sports activities. [[Kabaddi]], Cricket and [[Volleyball]] are the main games played every evening. There are two sports clubs and the sports stadium is under construction near the water works.

===Economy===
Being a village of [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[agriculture]] is the main occupation of the villagers and the main source of income as well. [[Wheat]], [[Cotton]] and [[Paddy fields|Rice]] are the main crops. A plastic-bottle factory and many rice mills on the outskirts<ref>{{cite news |title=Row over mill licenceto kin of ex-FM’s aide|author=Chander Parkash|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110405/bathinda.htm|newspaper=The Tribune, Chandigarh|date=4 April 2011|accessdate=1 February 2012}}</ref> are the main employers.

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Sri Muktsar Sahib district}}

[[Category:Villages in Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]
[[Category:Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]

Husnar, Punjab - Revision history

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