Punjab · 30.7° N, 76.6° E
WhatsApp Business API for Kharar's PGs, coaching centres, schools and shops
Kharar is its own town, not Mohali's: a tehsil and municipal council with schools going back to 1891 and campuses all around it. Its customers are often students, and most arrive as someone's forwarded number.
- State
- Punjab
- District
- Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali); a tehsil[1]
- District formed
- 14 April 2006, from parts of Ropar and Patiala[1]
- Local body
- Kharar Municipal Council[4]
- Oldest school named
- Christian Boys High School, 1891[4]
- District ODOP
- Engineering goods; sculptures; pharma and medical equipment[2]
- Billing
- ₹ with GST to your Punjab GSTIN
For Kharar's PGs and rental flats near the colleges at Gharuan, Sahauran and Landran, its coaching centres and schools, the shops in VR Punjab Mall, its sculptors and its labs: how one student climbs from a number on a list to a tenant on WhatsApp, which message each step allows, and what each costs.
See it work
One Kharar student, from a forwarded number to a tenant
A PG near the campuses gets a first-year student's number from a friend's forward. Climb the ladder to see what the PG may send at each rung, and what moves the student up.
The bottom rung is where a Kharar PG or coaching centre goes wrong most easily: a group full of student numbers feels like a list of leads, but none of them agreed to hear from you. Let the student write first, and everything after that is a reply.
Each rung up is the student's own choice. The 24-hour service window explains what a reply allows.
A tenant's consent ladder
- Tier 1Tier 1: A number on a list (below the current tier)Nothing yetNothing yet
- Tier 2Tier 2: The student has written (below the current tier)Free replies for 24 hoursFree replies for 24 hours
- Tier 3Tier 3: Room booked, rent updates agreed (below the current tier)Utility templatesUtility templates
- Tier 4Tier 4: Agreed to hear about next session (current)Marketing templates tooMarketing templates too
Tier 4 · Agreed to hear about next session
Marketing templates too
Why: Before the session ends, the student says yes to hearing about rooms for next year, and the PG records it.
Rooms for the next session, to a student whose yes to offers is recorded with its date and source; STOP ends it.
Move 3 of 3: climbs to tier 4, Agreed to hear about next session (Marketing templates too). Before the session ends, the student says yes to hearing about rooms for next year, and the PG records it.
Market brief
Kharar in eight lines
From the SAS Nagar district administration, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Punjab profile; the town's history, schools and institutions are general background from Wikipedia.
- 01
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district was created on 14 April 2006 from parts of Ropar and Patiala districts; its About page names Mohali, Kharar and Dera Bassi as its tehsils, and Kharar, Kurali, Mohali, Zirakpur and Dera Bassi as its towns.[1]
- 02
Invest India's ODOP list names engineering goods, sculptures, and pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for the district.[2]
- 03
IBEF lists Punjabi, Hindi and English as Punjab's languages, and light engineering goods, pharmaceuticals and textiles among its key industries.[3]
- 04
Kharar is a block and a municipal council near Mohali city, in the Greater Mohali region.[4]
- 05
A 1904 Punjab States Gazetteer lists Kharar among the principal villages, or chhats, of the Taoni Rajputs.[4]
- 06
Its schools include Christian Boys High School (1891), Khalsa Senior Secondary School (1920), Arya Senior Secondary School and Women College (1968) and Henderson Jubilee Senior Secondary School (1975).[4]
- 07
Around it are Chandigarh University at Gharuan, Rayat Bahra University and the Doaba colleges at Sahauran, the Chandigarh Group of Colleges at Landran and Jhanjheri, an engineering college at Tangori and the Government Polytechnic at Khunimajra.[4]
- 08
The town has Punjab's State Chemical Testing Laboratory, a forensic laboratory, a government hospital and the VR Punjab Mall.[4]
Who messages what
Who in Kharar answers on WhatsApp
Five businesses that follow from the campuses, the schools, the mall and the district's ODOP list.
| Sector | What it sends on WhatsApp |
|---|---|
| PGs, hostels and rental flatsUniversities and colleges at Gharuan, Sahauran, Landran and Jhanjheri bring students looking for rooms.[4] |
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| Coaching centres and schoolsThe town's schools go back to 1891, and parents and students ask about batches and fees by message.[4] |
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| Shops in VR Punjab Mall and the townThe VR Punjab Mall and the town's own shops answer customers who ask about sizes and stock.[4] |
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| Sculptors and engineering workshopsSculptures and engineering goods are SAS Nagar ODOP products, sold to buyers who approve from photos and drawings.[2] |
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| Labs and clinicsA government hospital in the town brings patients and families who need reports and appointments.[4] |
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Punjabi, Hindi and English templates
Punjabi for families and most of the town, Hindi for students from other states, English for college offices and invoices. Meta approves each version separately.
Replies need no template, so staff answer in whatever a student or parent writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Parents, tenants' families and town customers |
| Hindi | hi | Students and parents from other states |
| English (India) | en_IN | College offices, receipts and invoices |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a semester of rent reminders costs a Kharar PG
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply to a student or parent, ₹0.19 for a receipt or rent reminder, ₹0.94 for next session's offer to students who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Kharar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A parent in Shimla or Lucknow on an Indian number costs the same India rate as a student in Kharar. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Punjab GSTIN.
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What a Kharar business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the rungs of the ladder above.
Nearby
City pages near Kharar
The nearest markets in the Mohali and Chandigarh area and along the hills.
Mohali and Chandigarh have their own pages; this one stays with Kharar's rooms, classes, shops and workshops. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Kharar teams
Questions Kharar businesses ask
- Students at Chandigarh University in Gharuan ask our Kharar PG about rooms. Can we send rent reminders on WhatsApp later?
- Yes, once they book and agree to receive them. Their first questions are replies at ₹0.145 inside the 24-hour window. After booking, a rent reminder is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Punjabi, Hindi or English, with the month, the amount due and the due date as variables.
- Our coaching centre in Kharar collected numbers at a stall during a college fest at Landran. Can we message them about our next batch?
- Only those who agreed, at the stall, to hear about batches, and that yes should be recorded with its date and source. A batch announcement is a marketing template at ₹0.94. Better still, put a QR code on the stall's poster, so students write first and your answers are replies.
- Parents at our school in Kharar, a town whose schools go back to 1891, mostly read Punjabi. Should fee reminders be in Punjabi or English?
- Punjabi (pa), with an English (India) version for parents who prefer it. Each language version of a template is a separate template that Meta approves on its own, and you send each parent the one they read. A fee reminder for an enrolled student is a utility message at ₹0.19.
- Our shop in VR Punjab Mall, Kharar, wants to tell customers about an end-of-season sale. Who can receive it?
- Only customers who agreed to receive offers from you, with that yes recorded. A sale notice is a marketing template at ₹0.94. Customers who ask about the sale themselves get replies at ₹0.145, and an order-ready note for something they bought is utility at ₹0.19.
- Our workshop in Kharar tehsil makes sculptures, one of SAS Nagar's ODOP products. Can a buyer approve a design from photos on WhatsApp?
- Yes. When the buyer writes, the photos, the sizes and your questions are replies at ₹0.145 for 24 hours, and their yes in the chat is your record. If the piece is ready days later, open with a 'ready for dispatch' utility template at ₹0.19.
- Our diagnostic lab near the government hospital in Kharar wants to tell patients when reports are ready. What should the message contain?
- A report-ready notice is a utility template at ₹0.19: the patient's first name, the test's collection date and how to collect or download the report. Keep results out of the template itself, and attach a report only for a patient who asked for it on WhatsApp; health data is personal data under the DPDP Act, as the India guide explains.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district: official website · District Administration, SAS Nagar · read 2026-10-21
- [2]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Punjab: state profile · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Kharar, SAS Nagar (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [5]WhatsApp Business Management API: message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
Let Kharar's next student write first
Start a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed, put a click-to-chat code on your notice, and approve your rent and fee reminders in Punjabi and Hindi. Once Meta business verification is complete, your number is usually live in about two hours.
