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Batala
India
Batala, city, northern Punjab state, northwestern India. It is located on the Punjab Plain, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amritsar.
Batala is an agricultural marketplace and industrial centre. Cotton ginning, weaving, sugar refining, rice milling, and manufacturing are the principal industries. Batala has two colleges and is linked by road and rail with Amritsar and other cities in Punjab. Pop. (2001) 125,677; (2011) 156,619.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.
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