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Описание: Batala
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Batala is located in PunjabBatalaBatala
Location in Punjab, India
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Coordinates: 31.8186°N 75.2028°ECoordinates: 31.8186°N 75.2028°E
Country India
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Region Majha
Area(2015)
• City 42 km2 (16 sq mi)
Area rank 8th
Elevation 249 m (817 ft)
Population (2015)
• City 211,594
• Density 5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Metro 617,780
Languages
• Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 143505
Telephone code 01871[1]
Vehicle registration PB 18 & PB 06
Distance from Amritsar 33 kilometres (21 mi) NE (land)
Distance from Jalandhar 80 kilometres (50 mi) NE (land)
Distance from Chandigarh 203 kilometres (126 mi) NE (land)
Distance from Delhi 470 kilometres (290 mi) NE (land)
Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. It is a municipal council in Gurdaspur District in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. It is located about 32 km from Gurdaspur, the headquarters of the district. It is also a Police District. Batala ranks as the most populated town of the district with 31% of the total population of district. It is the biggest industrial town in the district. It is the centre of the Majha region of Punjab.

Batala is important place for Sikh devotees. Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion was married here to Sulakhni, the daughter of Mul Chand Chauna in 1485.[2] Many temples and gurdwaras related to the guru's marriage attract devotees from near and far. Every year celebrations are conducted on the anniversary of Guru Nanak's marriage. There is also a historical gurdwara Satkartarian sahib related to 6th guru of Sikhs Shri Hargobind ji.

Also, it is an important place for Hindus as the most powerful god of Hindu culture Lord Shiva came here at mandir Achleshwar Dham with 33 crore devi-devtas to make happy his son Kartikeya who was sad due to his loss of race from his brother and Lord Shiva's son Ganesha.

Batala was once known as the Iron Bird of Asia as it produced the highest amount of C.I. Casting, agricultural and mechanical machinery. Batala is still one of the leading cities in Northern India in manufacturing of C.I Casting and mechanical machinery. It's also an agricultural marketplace and industrial center. Cotton ginning, weaving, sugar refining, and rice milling are some of other industries taking place here.

The interesting fact about Batala is that this city is called Tehsil but it is more developed than its district Gurdaspur. Nowadays people are protesting and participated in agitations in regard of their long standing demand of district and municipal corporation status to Batala.