Begowal
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Begowal 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
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, India
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Begowal is located at 31.62°N 75.52°E. It has an average elevation of 225 metres (738 feet).
Begowal is called NRI's area , the town is mostly covered with Lubana's.

HOSPITALS incude:
  • Sant Prem Singh NRI Charitable Hospital
  • Sat Kartar Hospital
  • Thind Eye Hospital (Branch)


Cloth showrooms include:
  • Gurdip cloth house and garments
  • Bacha Jiwi cloth house
  • Hydrabad cloth house
  • He She cloth house,
  • Amar Garments


Restaurants include:
  • Kapil restaurant
  • Ranjit restaurant


Medical stores include:
  • Karamjot medical store (of Satnam Singh)


Medical labs include:
  • Karamjot Clinical Lab (of Pardeep Singh)

The great freedom fighter Sardar Virsa Singh Cheema spent last days of his life in Begowal.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Begowal had a population of 9612. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Begowal has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of ag
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