Sansarpur

For the village in Uttar Pradesh, see Sansarpur, Lakhimpur Kheri.

Sansarpur
city
Sansarpur Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Population (2001)
• Total	4,061
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Sansarpur is a village in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Sansarpur had a population of 4061. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sansarpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 71%. In Sansarpur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

This village is around 300 years old. Five families at that time came to this village and descendants of them are called 'Kullar/Kular & kundhi/kundi'(Jat sikh).

Sports

Among all the Indian villages, Sansarpur has produced the largest number of Olympians for the country. The village in its heyday produced 14 Hockey Olympic players, who represented India, Kenya and Canada at the Olympics. In one particular Olympics, 7 players from Sansarpur represented their respective countries. 5 from India and 2 from Kenya. In present day Sansarpur though due to the lack of support from the Indian government and lack of facilities like astro turf, the standard of Hockey players emerging from this village is falling.

Notable people

Several of the India's notable field hockey players are from Sansarpur:

• Gurjit Singh Kullar,(1958) Asian games
• Gurdev Singh Kullar, Olympian
• Udham Singh Kullar, Olympian
• Darshan Singh (field hockey), Olympian
• Ajit Pal Singh Kullar, Olympian
• Colonel Balbir Singh Kullar, Olympian
• Balbir Singh Khullar, Olympian

Others:

• Raju Sansarpuri,Councillor London Borough Of Hillingdon

Gen Secretary of the British Indian Councilors’ Association

External links

• Sansarpur, a golden village