Buttar Kalan, Moga

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

Buttar Kalan
village
Buttar Kalan is located in Punjab
Buttar Kalan
Buttar Kalan
Location in Punjab, India
Buttar Kalan is located in India
Buttar Kalan
Buttar Kalan
Buttar Kalan (India)
Coordinates: 30°43′30″N 75°16′30″E / 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)

Buttar Kalan is a village in the Moga district of East Punjab (India),[1][2][3] located on the Moga-Barnala highway.[4] Khurd and Kalan are Persian words meaning "small" and "big" respectively. When two villages have the same name, they are differentiated by adding "Khurd" or "Kalan" to their names.

Culture and People

Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language of the village, predominated by the Jatt people of the 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, but 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 in an area established during the Vedic times by Central Asian immigrants. It was home to a secondary school that attracted students from nearby villages. There are many political celebrities from this village, such as Gurmit Singh Dhillon, a respected ex-Sarpanch, who served selflessly till 1997. Buttar has steadily grown, but it had split into two parts due to the Panchayati Department, and currently it is known by Dhillon Buttar, and Bhullar Buttar. Buttar has held tournaments every year for youngsters and other people. 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.