Location:
LAANK village is situated at 10km distance from SHAMLI on PANIPAT-MEERUT road. Village falls under SHAMLI DISTRICT of UTTAR PREDESH State(INDIA). Village is 28 kms from Panipat (Haryana) and 40 kms from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh).
Border Sharing Villages: Kharar, Bhavdi, Majra and Khaaree Patti
Social Institutions: Gathwala-Khap is the Khap of our village; which is fortunately the common to both of Laank and Nidana. Please read about Gathwala Khap in details from here:
Gathwala-Khap
Culture:
Dresses: Old people wear dhoti-kudta, people between 30 to 50 years of age wear kudta-pajama and youngsters wear jeans-shirt. Jatnies wear sharee KUDTA in younger age, old wears kudta-daaman-lahnga.
Langue Spoken: People speak a mixture of HINDI and HARYANVI Language.
Recipies: Doodh, Dahi, Goord, Sarso k Shaag, Makka ki Roti and ALL of the NATURAL DESHI DISHES.
Spiritual Beliefs: Similar to any other villages in Khapland or primarily in WESTERN UTTAR PREDESH & HARYANA, village has 11 temples, ONE HISTRICAL PLACE IN THIS VILLAGE IS “RUPCHAND BABA TEMPLE” and thou fellowships, second "Shivalya" similar to most of villages in Western UTTAR PREDESH & Haryana found followers of "Lord Shiv", "Lord Hanumana". Village has one Saint Ravidas temple too.
Population:
Village is a LARGE village, having population around 18000. Below table shows the main castes living in village and their caste-wise distribution of population:
Sr. |
Caste |
Gotra |
Estimated Population |
1 |
Jat |
Malik* |
9000 (50%) |
2 |
Brahmins |
Sharma, Gaur |
YTF |
3 |
Naai |
YTF |
YTF |
4 |
Ravidasi (Chamar) |
YTF |
YTF |
5 |
Kumhar |
Kumar |
YTF |
6 |
Luhaar |
YTF |
YTF |
*= Gotra of Kheda, YTF= Yet to find |
Employment: 70% of total employment for villagers comes from defence services (army, navy and air force). Other major number is of Teachers, Policemen, Bank Employee and other local civil services. Rest of people do farming. New trend and attraction toward corporate and technical fields is also seen in youngsters.
Agriculture: Main crops of sown on different season pattern SUGAR CANE, WHEAT & RICE etc.
Infrastructure: 2 CHOPAL, 7 govt. Schools, 1 WATER TANK (CAPACITY 4000) and many hand-pumps.
Famous Landscapes: BABA RUPCHAN TEMPLE, CH CHARAN SINGH HIGH SCHOOL (JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL), NO.1 SCHOOL, NAHAR WALA GROUND (PLAY GROUND), SWAMI RAGUBEER DAYAL TRUST SCHOOL.
Note: More information will be added with time.
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