Begowal

Begowal
—  city  —
Begowal Location of Begowal in Punjab and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Punjab
District(s)	Kapurthala
Population	9,612 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 225 metres (738 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 144621 • Telephone • +1822

Begowal is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Kapurthala district in the state of Punjab, India. = Begowal is located at .^[1] 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

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] 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

References

Cities and towns in Kapurthala district Kapurthala Begowal Bhulath Dhilwan Hussainpur Kapurthala Phagwara Sultanpur Lodhi Cities and towns in other districts Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Ludhiana Mansa Moga Mohali Muktsar Nawanshahr Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Tarn Taran