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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Kultham
| native_name              =
| native_name_lang         = pan
| settlement_type          = Village
| pushpin_map              = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates              = {{coord|31.194401|N|75.848743|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type          = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body           = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref                = Metric
| elevation_m              =
| population_total         = 2511<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35542|title=Kultham Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_footnotes     =
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_demonym       =
| population_note          = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 1295/1216 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| demographics_type1       = Languages
| demographics1_title1     = Official
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +5:30
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code              = 144501
| area_code                = 01884
| area_code_type           = [[Telephone code]]
| iso_code                 = IN-PB
| registration_plate       =
| blank1_name_sec2         = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2         = Kultham<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|kultham.ml}}
| demographics1_info1      = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2     =
}}
'''Kultham''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|15|km}} away from Banga, {{convert|10|km}} from [[Phagwara]], {{convert|27|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|119|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Singer [[Avtar Singh Kang]] was born in this village and later went to the United Kingdom.
== Demography ==
As of 2011, Kultham has a total number of 523 houses and population of 2511 of which 1295 include are males while 1216 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Kultham is 78.91%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 211 which is 8.40% of total population of Kultham, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 803 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>
Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 66.15% of total population in Kultham. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 716 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Kultham which includes 675 males and 41 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.74% workers describe their work as main work and 1.26% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school established in 1938.<ref name="SBSNP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/gps-kultham/03060305301|title=Details about GPS Kultham School|work=icbse.com}}</ref> The schools provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssapunjab.org/mdm/|title=Mid Day Meal Society|work=ssapunjab.org}}</ref> The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act]]. The village also has an privet un-aided Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with secondary school which was established in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/dbm-high-school-kultham/03060305302|title=Details about DBM High School Kultham|work=icbse.com}}</ref>
[[Mukandpur#Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College Mukandpur|Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur]] and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is {{convert|30|km}}<ref name="SBSNP" /> The village is {{convert|76|km}} from [[Indian Institute of Technology]] and {{convert|18|km}} away from [[Lovely Professional University]].
== Transport ==
The village has a railway station (Kulthamabdullashah Halt) which is named after Abdullah Shah Qadri and located {{convert|1|km}} from State Highway 18. Phagwara Junction train station is {{convert|10.4|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport located {{convert|57|km}} away in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is {{convert|126|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Kultham,+Punjab+144501/Phagwara+Junction+Railway+Station,+Phagwara/Kultham,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Kultham,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Raja+Sansi,+Punjab/@31.2737078,74.8246179,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m38!4m37!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a8cd75c07f6cf:0xee3b6db5a795a2a5!2m2!1d75.8490859!2d31.1941749!1m5!1m1!1s0x391af4de1abdfcf5:0xbd9c6db3fcb8e828!2m2!1d75.7654843!2d31.2171926!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a8cd75c07f6cf:0xee3b6db5a795a2a5!2m2!1d75.8490859!2d31.1941749!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a8cd75c07f6cf:0xee3b6db5a795a2a5!2m2!1d75.8490859!2d31.1941749!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Kultham (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>
== Kultham.ml - Website ==
The village has a private website which collects data that otherwise would be near impossible. http://kultham.ml/ was created by the subsection of Asia Foundation.
== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201629/http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231343/http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]
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