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| name = Thathi Bhai
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| image_skyline = Gurdwara Sahib, Thathi Bhai.jpg
| image_alt = Gurdwara Sahib, Thathi Bhai.jpg
| image_caption = Rear View of the Gurdwara Sri Hargobind Sahib(under construction in 2012) in village Thathi Bhai , Moga.
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Punjab region|Punjab]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Moga district|Moga]]
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| elevation_m = 185
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Gurmukhi|Punjabi (Gurmukhi)]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 142049<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.net.in/PUNJAB/MOGA/T/THATHI_BHAI#.UVqZrRdaXSs|title=Thathi Bhai PIN code|author=|date=|publisher=www.pincode.net.in|accessdate=2 April 2013}}</ref>
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'''Thathi Bhai''' is a village in Tehsil [[Bagha Purana]], [[Moga District|District Moga]] in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India.

==Location==
Thathi Bhai lies in-between small towns [[Kotkapura]] and [[Bagha Purana]]. It acts as merging point for bus routes from [[Kotkapura]], [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]] ( via [[Bagha Purana]] ) and [[Bathinda]] ( via Bargari or Bhagta Bhai ka ).

Thathi Bhai ({{lang-pa|ਠੱਠੀ ਭਾਈ}}) is located at the [[Moga district|Moga]]-[[Bathinda]] and [[Moga district|Moga]]-[[Faridkot, Punjab|Faridkot]] district border-line, so it is distanced about same from Moga and Bathinda i.e. 32  km and 45  km respectively. Thathi Bhai falls under [[Bagha Purana]] tehsil.

Thathi Bhai resides in Tehsil Bagha Purana and comes under 'Halka' Bagha Purana during elections as well, and Darshan Singh is current MLA from halka [[Bagha Purana]].

==Religion and Caste==

[[File:Nagar Kirtan Ceremony, Thathi Bhai.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Nagar Kirtan,A ceremony performed on annual basis in village Thathi Bhai,Moga]]

Former name of this village was ' Thathi Kapoor Wali ' because the village was founded by Shaheed Kapoor Singh Gill . He belonged to Majhbi Sikh(Gill) family. For the purpose of multiplying the population of the village, they invited other castes like as Jatt-Sikhs, Mahjans, Mistari, Chimba Sikhs, chumar and few others to live in Thathi Bhai. The lands for living and agriculture were divided by Majhbi Sikh Gills i.e. the founder families . The village has a Founders memorial place for Kapoor Singh Gill, which is situated on Dera Sahib road.

Total population of village as recorded in 2010 is about Five Thousand .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.veethi.com/thathi-bhai/PL42722|title=Thathi Bhai - All about Thathi Bhai - Veethi|website=veethi.com}}</ref> By religion, Village demographics is largely dominated by [[Sikh]] population.

==About Village==

The Village has 3 Government schools (1 Government Senior Secondary School and 2 Government Primary Schools) and a Private public school named Guru Nanak Public School, Gurdwara Sahib, Vishvkarma Temple and Dera sahib, Civil Medical hospital and a Civil Veterinary dispensary, drug stores, youth clubs for development of village, [[Nestle]] Dairy station/center, a petrol pump. Although [[Agriculture]] is main profession for people to earn for their lives, a number of people are Government employees working as Teachers and Policemen etc.

Recently a public library named Manav Chetna Library has been installed above Namdev Bhavan (ਨਾਮਦੇਵ ਭਵਨ) .
Apart from that village has two dharmshala's ([[Inn]]), one main dharmshala and other Kingra JattSikh's dharmshala, one panchayt bhawan.

[[File:Public Library, Thathi Bhai.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Public Library in village Thathi Bhai]].
Mrs. sukhdeep kaur is the present day [[Sarpanch]] of the Village.

==Sports and Other activities==

Village has its own sports club that includes a playground and gym. The most commonly played games are [[cricket]], [[volleyball]] and [[kabaddi]]. Thathi Bhai also has a cricket club, the Thathi Bhai cricket club, a volleyball team and kabaddi team. Every year at occasion of [[Vaisakhi]], village hosts a Volleyball tournament in which teams from villages nearby are invited to compete .

Teams from the village have participated in State Level Science Congress held in Chandigarh on multiple occasions.

Bhagwan Singh Gill, an athlete from the village, recently made national news after winning bronze medal (rowing) in the Asian Games.
<ref>https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games-2018/indian-rowers-claim-gold-two-bronze-medals/article24767447.ece</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Moga district}}

[[Category:Moga, Punjab]]
[[Category:Villages in Moga district]]

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