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Cholang is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 39.7 km away from Phillaur, 16.4 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 140 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).EducationThe village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school . The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1962.DemographyAs of 2011, Cholang has a total number of 72 houses and population of 435 of which include 223 are males while 212 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Cholang is 70.94%, lower than state average of 86.83%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 53 which is 12.18% of total population of Cholang, and child sex ratio is approximately 893 higher than state average of 846.Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 61.15% of total population in Cholang. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.