Bhawanigarh is a town and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Sangrur district

Sangrur district

Sangrur district is in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district, but now Barnala is a separate district.-Sangrur consists of following cities:DHURIMALERKOTLA...

 in the state of Punjab

Punjab (India)

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, India

India

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. 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. Patiala is 36 kilometres east of Bhawanigarh.

Facts and some history

As of 2001 India census

Census

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, Bhawanigarh had a population of 17,780. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhawanigarh has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 66% and female literacy of 57%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.Bhawanigarh name orignate from "Bhawani" mata.A temple of Bhawani mata is also there in Bhawanigarh.