Samrai
village in Punjab, India
Samrai (Locally known as "Samrama") is a census town in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from Jandiala Manjki, 15.5 km from Phagwara, 19.7 km from the district headquarters at Jalandhar and 143 km from the state capital at Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative.
Transport
Jalandhar railway station is the nearest train station; however, Phagwara Junction train station is 16.5 km away from the village. The village is 55.3 km away from domestic airport 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 (115.0 km) via NH3 away in Amritsar.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Samrai” as village in Punjab, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Punjab, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25990930. Authority coordinates are 31.178, 75.626. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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