Palwal

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Place details

Locality: Palwal
Region: Haryana
Country: India
Population: 131,926
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Palwal
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Palwal railway station.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Palwal railway station in Palwal, Haryana
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Haryana#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Haryana, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Haryana
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 199.49
Settlement.population_total: 131926
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.timezone1: IST
Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30
Settlement.postal_code_type: PIN
Settlement.postal_code: 121102

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Palwal district
Area: 22.10
Elevation: 194
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Capital of: Palwal district
Image: Kos Minar 001.jpg
Dialing code: 1275

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Commons category: Palwal
postal code: 121102
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology and legend
History
Post-independence
Geography
Demography
See also
References
External links

Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is part of Braj region. It is also a part of National Capital Region.

==Etymology and legend==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palwal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.