Saifabad, Punjab

For the places in Pakistan, see Saifabad.

Saifabad
Village
Saifabad Location in Punjab, India Saifabad Saifabad (India)
Coordinates: 31.0431031°N 75.7895653°E / 31.0431031; 75.7895653
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,686
	Sex ratio 826/842 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144410
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Post office	Phillaur
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Saifabad is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 10.3 km away from Goraya, 43 km from Jalandhar and 118 km from state capital Chandigarh. Saifabad has postal head office in Phillaur which is 7.4 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 50.90% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, Co-educational primary school (GPS Saifabad School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1972.

Other school and colleges:

• D.A.V College
• D.A.V High School

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 7 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 37 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 138 km away in Amritsar.