Bathinda

Tehsil Bathinda, District Bathinda, Punjab, Bharat.

Bathinda is an important historical city in India. It is also known as Bhatinda. Bathinda is the administrative headquarter of the Bathinda District in Punjab.

Bathinda is located in the southern part of Indian Punjab. The Faridkot and Mukatsar districts in the North and West, the Sangrur and Mansa districts in the East and Haryana State in the South, bound it.

It's associated with the imprisonment of first empress of India, Razia Sultan in 1239 in the fort here.
Bala Rao inhabited this city in 965 AD and named this city as Bathinda after his caste name. This city also remained the capital of Rjaja Jaipal .

Suvidha citizen services centre at Bhatinda
bathinda.nic.in/suwidha.html
Latitude: 30.17
Longitude: 74.97:

Distance from other cities

Amritsar 186 KM

Ludhiana 164 KM

Patiala 155 KM

Delhi 340 KM

Bathinda is one of the biggest railway junctions in Northern India .

Area of the district is 3,34,405 hectares . This area forms a part of Indo-Gangetic alluvial plains. The alluvium is comprised of clay mixed with kankar, sandy clay and sand. During summer season temperature goes as high as 48°C (120.2°F) ; whereas in winter it touches freezing point (32°F). The tract of the Bathinda district lies in a dry zone. Most of the rains occurs from the South-West monsoon from mid July to middle of September and only a small portion falls during winter months.

Some Facts
Bathinda is about 100 KM away from the border with Pakistan.
Bathinda has the biggest Cantonment in Asia.
Bathinda is also called the City of Lakes.
Bathinda is one of the oldest towns in India.
Bathinda is considered one of the best cities in Punjab for education.
Bathinda is one of the biggest railway junctions in Northern India.
Bathinda has Qila Mubarak, Gurudwara Haji Rattan,Takth Shri Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo,Gurudwara Lakhi Jungle
Bathinda is surrounded by big industries.On one side it has thermal power plant,NFL,Cement industry and on other side it has HMEL refinery
There's a rose garden, a small zoo at kala tittar, very popular Mata's Temple at Maisar khana

Official website for Bathinda bathinda.nic.in/