Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Punjab
- District
- Bathinda
- Region of punjab
- Malwa
- Total
- 3,385 km (1,307 sq mi)
- Density
- 410.2/km (1,062/sq mi)
- Official
- Punjabi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Telephone code
- 0164
- Website
- bathinda .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
District Bathinda, Government of Punjab | An initative of District Administration to provide information under one portal | India
An initative of District Administration to provide information under one portal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Punjab
- Capital
- Bathinda
- Population
- 1388525
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Sirsa District
- Official website
- bathinda.nic.in
- Image
- Bathinda fort view.jpg
- Households
- 273902
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bathinda district
- postal code
- 151001
- male population
- 743197
- female population
- 645328
- urban population
- 499217
- rural population
- 889308
- literate population
- 844868
- illiterate population
- 543657
- short name
- BTH
- P12749
- Nek
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bathinda district is in Malwa region of Punjab, India. The district encompasses an area of 3,385 square kilometers. By area, Bathinda district is the second-largest in Punjab, after Ludhiana district. It is bounded by Faridkot district and Moga district on the north, Muktsar district on the west, Barnala and Mansa districts on the east, and the state of Haryana on the south. Bathinda is cotton producing belt of Punjab.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bathinda District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.