title: Kharar, SAS Nagar
text: # Kharar, SAS Nagar
  
  Kharar is a town and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India. It is nearby Mohali city. Kharar is located at 30°44′N 76°39′E﻿ / ﻿30.74°N 76.65°E﻿ / 30.74; 76.65 and has an average elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet). The area of Kharar is part of the "Greater Mohali" region.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  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.
  
  ## 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 pratinidi sabha, Jalandhar.
  * Henderson Jubilee senior secondary school, Kharar was established in 1975.
  * IPS senior secondary school, Badala Road Kharar
  * Vickram public high school kharar
  * Lawerance public senior secondary school, sector-51
  
  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
  * Guru Gobind Singh College of Modern Technology, Khanpur
  * Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori
  * 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.
  
  