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Bire Wala Jattan

village in Mansa district

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ4916178 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bire Wala Jattan (also spelled as Beere Wala Jattan or Birewala Jattan) is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It falls under the development block of Jhunir and the district main city of Mansa is just 21 km away.

Geography

The village is approximately centered at 29°52′12″N 75°16′52″E. Jherian Wali, Mian, Burj Bhalaike, Baje Wala and Raipur are the surrounding villages.

Demographics

In 2001, as of census, the village had a total population of 1,342 persons.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bire Wala Jattan” as village in Mansa district. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bire, Wala and Jattan.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bire, Wala and Jattan providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bire Wala Jattan”, the useful work is to connect “village in Mansa district” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4916178. Authority coordinates are 29.870, 75.281. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bire Wala Jattan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bire Wala Jattan primary sources, Bire Wala Jattan archive and Bire research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bire Wala Jattan”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bire Wala Jattan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.