Bhawanigarh
Dhode | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Rear view of Gurdwara Patshahi Nauvi, Bhawanigarh | |
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  Bhawanigarh Location in Punjab, India  Bhawanigarh Bhawanigarh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°16′N 76°02′E / 30.27°N 76.04°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| Region of Punjab | Malwa |
| District | Sangrur |
| Municipality | 1945 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | Municipal Council Bhawanigarh |
| • President | Narinder Singh Aujla |
| • Vice President | Menika Mittal |
| • Chairman | Pardeep Kadh[a] Darshan Singh Kalajhar[b] |
| • MP | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (AAP) |
| • 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 |
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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- ^ "Municipalities". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "List of Tehsils in Punjab". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Blocks" (PDF). pbplanning.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.