Sansarpur
Sansarpur | |
|---|---|
city | |
  Sansarpur Location in Punjab, India  Sansarpur Sansarpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°16′15″N 75°36′19″E / 31.2707°N 75.6052°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,657 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Sansarpur is a village in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.
Demographics[edit]
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] 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.
Sports[edit]
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.[2] 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[edit]
The village has given more than 306 International, national level hockey players to India out of which more than 200 belong to one family of village[3][4] Several of the India's notable field hockey players who hail from or trace their family origins from Sansarpur are:[2][5]
India[edit]
- Thakur Singh Kular,[5] (India tour of New Zealand 1926)
- Gurmit Singh Kullar, Olympian (1932)
- Udham Singh Kular, Olympian (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964)
- Gurdev Singh Kular, Olympian (1956)
- Gurjit Singh Kullar,[6] (1958 Asian Games)
- Balbir Singh Kular Jr,[7] (1958 Asian Games)
- Darshan Singh Kular, Olympian (1964)
- Balbir Singh Kullar, Olympian (1964, 1968)
- Jagjit Singh Kular, Olympian (1964, 1968)
- Balbir Singh Kular, Olympian (1968)
- Tarsem Singh Kular, Olympian (1968)
- Ajit Pal Singh Kular, Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976)
- Ravipal Singh,[8] (2010 Asian Games)
- Jasjit Singh Kular, (2014 World Cup)
Kenya[edit]
- Hardev Singh Kular, Olympian (1956, 1960)
- Hardial Singh Kular, Olympian (1968)
- Jagjeet Singh Kular, Olympian (1968, 1972)
- Harvinder Singh Kular, Olympian (1984)
Canada[edit]
- Pritpal Singh Kullar,[9] (1978)
- Bindi Kullar, Olympian (2000, 2008)
References[edit]
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ a b Alexander, Jeet (22 November 2011). "The Promised Land :Hockey da Ghar Sansarpur". littleindia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ Kular, Bhupinder Singh. Social cultural and educational ethos of sports: A case study of Sansarpur village in Punjab. New Delhi: Jamia Milia Islamia.
- ^ Singh, I. P. (23 January 2012). "Pargat returns to nursery of hockey". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Mecca of hockey". The Tribune. 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Gurjit Singh Kullar". Research Hockey. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Hockey: Balbir Singh Junior, part of India's 1958 Asian Games silver medal-winning team, dies at 88". Scroll.in. 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Carrying The Legacy Of Sansarpur". Indian Sports News. 12 September 2010.
- ^ Bahra, Dil. "Sikhs at Utrecht World Cup 1998". fieldhockey.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
External links[edit]