Khurd and Kalan

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Khurd and Kalan (Urdu: خرد اور کلاں, Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, shahmukhi: خرد تے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the mainland (Khurd) and extension (Kalan) of a town, village or settlement.

They are usually added after place names. For instance, Berote Khurd and Berote Kalan in Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Dangoh Khurd in Una District of Himachal Pradesh and the many villages in delhi such as Holambi Khurd and Holambi Kalan, Pooth Khurd and Pooth Kalan and Mangolpur Khurd and Mangolpur Kalan in North west and north districts of Delhi and the famous Dariba Kalan jewellery market in Delhi, there was also a smaller street nearby, known as Dariba Khurd or Chhota Dariba, both mean small, now known as Kinari Bazaar.{{cite news|title=Big Bazaar|author=Danish Shafi|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/big-bazaar/230560/|publisher=Indian Express|date=Oct 21, 2007|access-date=May 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616134950/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/big-bazaar/230560/|archive-date=June 16, 2013}}{{cite book |title=The Upper Chambal Basin: A Geographical Study in Rural Settlements|author=Moti Lal Nath|publisher=Northern Book Centre|year= 1989|isbn=8185119597 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIgBKeSXF4AC&dq=Khurd++Kalan&pg=PA47 }}

In some parts of the former Maratha territory, Budruk is used instead of "Kalan." It is a corruption of the Persian word for "greater."{{cite book |title=Maratha town and city planning with reference to the systems of village development during 17th and 18th centuries |chapter=Provincial divisions Administration Of Maratha province During 17th to 18th Centuries |author=Avinash Sowani |year=2011 }} In Manipur, Khullen and Khunou are used.

Adjacent places with Khurd and Kalan combination

This list contains place names that are adjacent to each other having the same first name with Kurd and Kalan as second name respectively. Alphabetical entries with no red links.

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Other solo places with either Khurd or Kalan

This list contains solitary place names that have either Khurd or Kalan as second name, but without a corresponding adjacent village to complete the pair. Alphabetical entries with no red links.

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== [[Telangana]] ==

Kongarkalan. Marpallykalan

Uppal kalan

== [[Bihar]] ==

== [[Delhi]] ==

== [[Haryana]] ==

== [[Himachal Pradesh]] ==

== [[Jharkhand]] ==

== [[Karnataka]] ==

== [[Madhya Pradesh]] ==

== [[Maharashtra]] ==

== [[Punjab]] ==

== [[Rajasthan]] ==

== [[Uttar Pradesh]] ==

=Pakistan=

== [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]==

== [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]==

See also

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