Sarai-khas

Sarai-Khas
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Jalandhar
Nearest city	Kartarpur
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Website	http://www.saraikhas.com/

Sarai-Khas (affectionately known as "Biby Pind" and "Sarawa") is a village in Jalandhar, Punjab. The small village has a population of around 7,000 people, many of whom are farmers.

Notable residents

• Jagdish Singh - Singh Sarai
• Sukhpal Singh- Captain Bhangre Da
• Faqir Masih Kalyan - First Sarawian to Graduate from London University in 1972?

Climate

Has a humid subtropical climate with cool winters and hot summers. Summers last from April to June and winters from November to February. The climate is dry on the whole, except during the brief southwest monsoon season during July and August. The average annual rainfall is about 70 cm.

History

This Village was started by Atto Jatt Sarai (About 300+ years ago) and he had four sons named Uttam (Billa), Ram Ditta (Chela), Bura (Bura) & Bhagari (Bhagari) now the village was also divided in four Parts Billa, Bura,Bhagari & Chela.

The First Name of this village was Sarawan but due to similarity of names and to avoid the confusion among names this village was renamed as Sarai Khas from Sarawan after Indo-Pak Partition. It has a population Of More than 7000 which contains mostly farmers.and many families living outside India.