Buttar Kalan, Moga 4.33

Buttar Kalan is a village in Moga district of East Punjab (India) located on the Moga-Barnala highway.Culture and PeoplePunjabi 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.ReligionPrior to the establishment of Sikhism the village was almost exclusively Hindu. However, currently the village is predominated by the Sikhs.HistoryButtar 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. Mr karnail Singh Bhullar an eminent teacher and proponent of education in the area after having taught for years opened a very nominal fee English medium school which he donated all his resources and time to. 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.