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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Tharial<br />
| native_name = थरियाल<br />
| native_name_lang = hi<br />
| other_name = शहीदों का गांव,Tharial<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|32.3547|N|75.6067|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = Gurdaspur<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_total = 10000<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 145024<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 01870<br />
| registration_plate = PB-<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Coastline<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{Convert|0|km|mi}}<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Pathankot]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = 80%%<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = Gurdaspur<br />
| website = <br />
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'''Tharial''' is a village in the [[India]]n state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. It falls within the [[Pathankot district]].<ref>[http://pincode.net.in/PUNJAB/PATHANKOT/T/THARIAL Tharial Pincode]</ref> It lies on the [[Pathankot]]- Jammu road.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070908/punjab1.htm#15 Villagers block traffic over ‘murder’]</ref> The nearest railway station to Tharial is Madhopur and main station is Pathankot railway station at a distance of 8.5&nbsp;km. Tharial Chowk is a name of a [[:wikt:chowk|chowk]] near [[Madhopur, Punjab|Madhopur]] in [[Pathankot]], [[Punjab, India]]. The population of this village is around 10,000.<br />
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Tharial is a village situated near Madhopur i.e., the last village of Punjab also called ''shaheeda Da Pind (शहीदों के गांव)'' (a village of martyrs) because many people from this village serve in the Indian Army, some of them are martyrs. Recently,{{when|date=May 2017}} the Indian government has made Gates in Memory of martyrs of this village like martyrs Balkar Singh [[Lalotra]] (Kargi war), Shamsher Singh and Parmod Dhiman, and others who served the country. The village has a post office, banks, ATM facilities, and resorts (Coral and Jal Mahal).<br />
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This was a Muslim-majority village pre-independence and there still remains from that era.<br />
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There is center point of this village. Tharial Chowk is a link between village Mutfarka, Village Tharial, Village Jaini Upparali and Village Jaini Nichli, Village Baroi, Village Ranipur, village Gurra Khurd, village Jandraii, etc. Tharial is surrounded by fields. The climate is very rich due to Himalyan hills.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Local people are mostly involved in farming. There are several educational institutes in Pathankot, at a distance of 19.6&nbsp;km. These include Sai institute badhani, and Aman bhalla institute.<br />
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[[Image:sunrising in tharial.jpg|left|thumb|A morning view near Tharial village]]<br />
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== Locality ==<br />
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* Distances: [[Pathankot]] (19.6&nbsp;km) Jammu (103.4&nbsp;km) Amritsar (136.5&nbsp;km) Kulu (206.1&nbsp;km)<br />
* Places close to Tharial: [[Pathankot]], Sujanpur, Kathua, Jammu, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Nurpur, Dalhousie, Mukerian, Talwara, Chamba, Dasua, Qadian, Sangli, Dharmshala, Kangra<br />
* The nearest Police Station is in Shapur Kandi (Jugial) (Police helpline number: 100)<br />
* Coordinates are approximately: 32.355422, 75.611944<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]]<br />
[[Category:Gurdaspur district]]<br />
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