Shamchaurasi
Sign in to saveShamchaurasi is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is also a constituency of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. In 2019, the Punjab Government announced that Shamchaurasi would be upgraded to a sub-tehsil. Shamchaurasi is home to Sham Chaurasia gharana of the Hindustani Classical music.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Shamchaurasi is referenced by 59 other articles, and connects out to Punjab, Hoshiarpur District and India.
It is catalogued under the topic Cities and towns in Hoshiarpur district.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Sham Churasi
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 4,426
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shamchaurasi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hoshiarpur
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 4221
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Punjabi
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5:30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Punjab
- Elevation
- 240
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 188261
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- postal code
- 144105
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- Demographics
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Shamchaurasi is a town and a municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is also a constituency of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. In 2019, the Punjab Government announced that Shamchaurasi would be upgraded to a sub-tehsil. Shamchaurasi is home to Sham Chaurasia gharana of the Hindustani Classical music.
==Demographics== India census, Shamchaurasi had a population of 4221. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shamchaurasi has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 63%. In Shamchaurasi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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