Buttar Kalan, Moga

Buttar Kalan is a village in Moga district of East Punjab (India)[1][2][3] located on the Moga-Barnala highway.[4]Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and Big respectively when two villages have same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small used with Village Name.

For the village of Gurdaspur district, see Buttar Kalan, Gurdaspur.
For other uses, see Buttar (disambiguation).

Buttar Kalan
village
Buttar Kalan
Location in Punjab, India
Buttar Kalan
Buttar Kalan (India)
Coordinates: 30.725°N 75.275°E / 30.725; 75.275
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictMoga
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • RegionalPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Culture and People

Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language of the village, predominated by the Jatt people of Buttar clan. Genetic studies conducted of this area confirm steady amounts of West Asian ancestry and detectable levels of Dravidian influences in the population. As in other parts of Punjab, skin color ranges from almost white to almost black in Buttar, however, the most common skin colors are medium brown and dark brown. Exposure to the sun accounts for the darker complexion of Jat farmworkers. As a rule, the hair color is almost always dark brown and frequently curly in texture. However, traces of blondism in hair and eye color are present in small percentages.

Religion

Currently the village is predominated by the Sikhs.

History

Buttar is very old village in the area that was established during Vedic times by Central Asian immigrants. This village had its very first secondary school in early years, loads of people from around villages used to come for their study in this village. There are many political celebrities form this village.S.Gurmit Singh Dhillon is a respected ex-Sarpanch, who served selflessly till 1997. buttar is turning into shape of large town nowadays but it had split into two parts by panchayati department and now it is known by dhillon buttar, and bhullar buttar. buttar has held tournament every year for youngsters and others. Three-fourths of the people from this village live abroad in places such as Canada, USA, Australia and many other countries.

See also

References
  1. "Respite from rain, but drains continue to overflow". The Tribune. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "ਬੁੱਟਰ ਕਲਾਂ 'ਚ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਨੇ ਫਾਹਾ ਲਿਆ". PunjabiTribune. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. "In-laws booked:". The Tribune. 16 June 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. Buttar Kalan (Moga, Punjab) (in Punjabi). YouTube. 2012. ehmerapunjab. Retrieved 20 June 2012.


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