Dhilwan is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Kapurthala district

Kapurthala District

Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern Republic of India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters....

  in the state of Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, India.

Geography

Dhilwan is located at 31.52°N 75.35°E in Punjab. It has an average elevation of 219 metres (718 feet).

Dhilwan Kalan

Please note Dhilwan and Dhilwan Kalan in Sikh History Books are two different places. Dhilwan Kalan

Dhilwankalan

Dhilwan Kalan village is situated on Bathinda-Baja Khana-Faridkot main road approximately 5 km from Kotkapura in Distt Faridkot in India. The area of the village is approximately 2566 hectare and the population 7000. Some of the residents of this village, due to ancestral land inheritance,...

 is also written as Dhilwan, or Dhilwan Sodhian sometimes, which cause confusion among readers. Dhilwan Kalan is near Kotkapura

Kotkapura

Kot Kapura is a historic city some 50 km from Bathinda, 40 km from Moga and 30 km from Muktsar in the state of Punjab, India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District and has a large cotton market, considered one of the best in Asia.It takes around 20 minutes by bus from...

 in Faridkot District

Faridkot District

Faridkot district is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. According to Punjab's Geo-Area, Faridkot is a Malwa District. It is one of the biggest cotton markets in South-East Asia. The name 'Faridkot' is derived from Baba Farid, a god-lover who wanted...

. Other few villages have same names and resemblance same like this, Dhilwan Khurd (District Faridkot

Faridkot District

Faridkot district is one of the twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. According to Punjab's Geo-Area, Faridkot is a Malwa District. It is one of the biggest cotton markets in South-East Asia. The name 'Faridkot' is derived from Baba Farid, a god-lover who wanted...

), Dhilwan Wala (District Moga

Moga District

Moga district is one of the Twenty districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. It became the 17th district of Punjab State on 24 November 1995. It is also known as NRI district. Most Punjabi Non-resident Indians belong to rural areas of Moga District, who immigrated to the...

), Dhilwan (District Barnala

Barnala district

Barnala is one of the district of Indian state of Punjab. Earlier Barnala was part of Sangrur district , but now Barnala is a separate district....

).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Dhilwan had a population of 7980. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dhilwan has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72% and, female literacy is 63%. In Dhilwan, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.