Gardhiwala
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Gardhiwala is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
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 in Hoshiarpur district
Hoshiarpur District
Hoshiarpur District , is a district of Punjab state in northern India.In 2011, Hoshiarpur had population of 1,582,793 of which male and female were 806,921 and 775,872 respectively. There was change of 6.85 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001...

  in the state of Punjab
Punjab (India)
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, India
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Demographics

Gardhiwala is situated on GT-Road or Defense Road, 30 kilometers away from the city of Hoshiarpur.

India census
Census
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, Gardhiwala had a population of 6263. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Garhdiwala has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. It is famous for producng great soldiers like Colonel Bachhiter Singh Sahota who laid down his life fighting militants in Kashmir.other soldiers are col nirmal dogra, colamarjit singh sahota , col varinder sharma , Col Naresh Talwar, half of the town lives in US or UK
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