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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vakilan Wala
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Vakilan Wala, Teh. Zira, Ferozepur, Punjab
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ferozepur]]
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| established_date = 1955

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| named_for = M.O.D
| government_type = State Government
| governing_body = Government of India
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 142047
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| area_code = 01666
| registration_plate = PB 47
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'''Vakilan Wala''' is the northernmost village of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] situated near [[Zira, Punjab|Zira City, Punjab]], and the international border of India and Pakistan. It is the administrative headquarters of [[Ferozepur District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html |title=Welcome to the official website of District Ferozepur, Punjab, India. |website=ferozepur.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629005434/http://www.ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html |archive-date=2015-06-29}}</ref>

==Religion==
Most people practice the Hindu and Sikh religions. People worship folk gods such as Ramdevji and Gogaji. Many have faith in Pirs and Saints and they visit their ''{{Transliteration|pa|khanghahs}}'' (shrines). Some practise Islam. Some follow Dera-culture, such as Sachcha-Sauda, Radha-Soami and Nirankari deras.

==Location and area==
Vakilan Wala
Ferozepur District is located between Latitude 31.0 to 31.2 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html |title=Welcome to the official website of District Ferozepur, Punjab, India. |website=ferozepur.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629005434/http://www.ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html |archive-date=2015-06-29}}</ref> The total area of Vakilan Wala is 11,154.66 km<sup>2</sup> or 1,115,466 hectares. It is surrounded on the east by [[Zira, Punjab|Zira]], (Zira City was carved out of it on 12 July 1994) on the south by [[Moga district]], and on the west by [[Talwandi Bhai]] district of the [[Pakistani Punjab]] and on the north by the [[Punjab (Indian state)|Punjab]].

===By Air===
Nearest airports are Amritsar which is approachable by road 81.9 km, by rail 360 km, Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh.

* The Ferozepur city is well connected with major cities through both rail and road transport
* A metro rail project is also likely to be initiated in the near future.

Vakilan Wala is well connected by railways to [[Delhi]] 424, [[Rewari]] 427, [[Kalka]] 397, [[Howrah]] 1980, [[Bathinda]] 127, [[Haridwar]] 485, [[Nanded]] 1963, [[Firozpur]] 184 [[Suratgarh]] 60 km etc.
Track between Ferozepur and [[Bathinda]] 106 km is being converted into broad gauge. This work is completed in March 2013.

===By Road===
National Highway No-54 is running from Sirsa to Amritsar, which is well linked with all the major areas of Bathinda. Many roadways and private buses are frequently available to major cities of north India like [[Bathinda]] 431 km, [[Faridkot, Punjab|Faridkot]] 501 km, [[Talwandi Bhai]], [[Dabwali]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].
It is well connected to Delhi 1472 km by road.

==Climate==
The climate of Vakilan Wala varies to extreme limits. Summer temperature reaches 50 °C and winter temperature dips just around 0 °C.<ref>{{cite web| title=Temperature Regimes| publisher=Water Resource Department – Government of Punjab| access-date = 2008-12-06| url = http://ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html}}</ref> The average annual rainfall is only {{Convert|200|mm|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://ferozepur.nic.in/html/homefront.html INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPT]</ref> Average maximum temperature in summer is 41.2 °C and average minimum temperature in winter is 6 °C.

==Education==

The village has been a center of learning since its early ages. This city has a large proportion of land which is dedicated to educational institutes. Notable educational institutions from the city include:
*Govt. Sen. Sec. School
*Govt. Primary School

==Languages==
The main languages in the area are [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] a dialect of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Hindi]] as well. Majority of people in the district speaks [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]] are official languages.<ref>16 May The Times of India</ref>
The Punjabi language, as an optional subject, is taught in schools and colleges of the city. Punjabi music is very popular in the Sri Ganganagar. The impact of the [[Saraiki dialect|Saraiki]] dialect can be observed in Arora, Raisikhs and Saraiki Muslim communities. Now this dialect, Saraiki is losing ground in the northern part of the district.

==Culture==
[[File:Rural kutcha village.jpg|thumb|alt=Rural kutcha village|Rural kutcha homes with folk art can be seen in some remote villages, but this art is losing ground.]] Punjabi and Haryana cultures dominate the district.
[[File:Ganganagar rural camel cart.jpg|thumb|alt=Camel cart|Such scenes are common in some southern villages.]]
The embroidered [[Dupatta]] (mostly red in colour) is a symbol of Bagri women. A long shirt and {{Transliteration|hi|ghaghro}} (long frock type clothes) and borlo (a head ornament) is the traditional dress of Bagri women.

Punjabi women wear a suit and salwar with chunni (cloth on head). This attire has also become popular with women of other communities. Some women of the Hindu and Muslim Seraiki people still wear {{Transliteration|hi|ghaggra}} (long frock).

Traditional Sikh and Punjabi devotional music is popular. Bollywood songs are listened to with same enthusiasm as in other northern Indian regions.

==Tehsils and other towns==
[[File:Tehsils of distt. Ganganagar.jpg|thumb|alt=9 Tehsils of distt. Ferozepur |Map showing nine tehsils of Ferozpur District, click this image for large map.]]

===Zira tehsil===
# [[Zira, Punjab|Zira]]

===Other major towns in villages===
*Panchayat Bhawan
*Ramdev Mandir
*Guruduwara Sahib

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Firozpur district}}

[[Category:Villages in Firozpur district]]

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