Kharar, SAS Nagar

Close to 60% of the people in Kharar are Sikhs making it the second Sikh majority town in the Greater Mohali region after Mohali. Kharar is a block situated in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Positioned in the urban region of Punjab, it is among the 4 blocks of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. As per the government records, the block code of Kharar is 129. This block has 150 villages, and there are a total of 44,620 families. The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Kharar city, as of 2011 census. ==Education==

There are many educational institutions established from British Raj till post independence in Kharar. • Christian boys high school, Kharar established in 1891 and the school was headed by principal RW Ryburn . • Khalsa senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1920 • Arya senior secondary school and women college, Kharar was established in 1968 by Arya pratinidhi sabha, Jalandhar. • Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975. • IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar • Vikram public high school, Ram Bagh Road, kharar Kharar also have many universities, engineering colleges and a dental college in its vicinity, such as: • Rayat Bahra University, Sahauran • Chandigarh University, Gharuan • Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran and Jhanjheri • Doaba Group of Colleges, Sahauran • Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori (Mohali) • Government Polytechnic College, Khunimajra ==Medical testing==

Kharar has Punjab's only State Chemical Testing Laboratory which can perform viscera examination and a Forensic Laboratory, helpful for speedy justice in legal cases. Kharar has its own government hospital as well. It is situated in the north end of the city. ==Commerce==

Virtuous Retail Punjab Mall (VR Punjab Mall) (formerly known as North Country Mall) in Kharar is one of the largest shopping malls with an area of 2 million sq ft. ==See also==