Parjian Kalan is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of PunjabState, India. Kalan is Persian language word which means Big and Khurd is Persian word which means small when two villages have same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small with Village Name. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Shahkot, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Nakodar, 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the district headquarters Jalandhar and 168 kilometres (104 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh. The village is administered by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).