Bhawanigarh
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Bhawanigarh, earlier known as Dhode, is a town and a municipal council (Class-2) in the Sangrur district in the state of Punjab, India.[1] It is also the headquarters of Bhawanigarh tehsil, which was formed in December 2016.[2] The town is also called Dhode, after the clan of its original founders. The town lies 19 kilometres east of Sangrur on the Patiala-Sangrur road whereas Patiala is 39 kilometres east of Bhawanigarh. The literacy rate is higher than other places of Sangrur. Bhawanigarh is divided into 15 wards. The Bhawanigarh block consists of 66 villages in the Sangrur district.[3]
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Bhawanigarh
Dhode | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 30.27°N 76.04°E / 30.27; 76.04 | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
Region of Punjab | Malwa |
District | Sangrur |
Municipality | 1945 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Body | Municipal Council Bhawanigarh |
• President | Sukhjit Kaur Ghabadiya |
• Vice President | Menika Mittal |
• Chairman | Pardeep Kadh[lower-alpha 1] Darshan Singh Kalajhar[lower-alpha 2] |
• MP | Simranjit Singh Mann (SAD (A)) |
• MLA | Narinder Kaur Bharaj (AAP) |
Area | |
• Town | 6.0 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
• Metro | 323.11 km2 (124.75 sq mi) |
Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Town | 22,320 |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 104,507 |
Languages | |
• Official | Punjabi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | PB-84 |
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