Mandi Dabwali is the hometown of Kanwal Kishore Khetarpal and a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and

municipal committee A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counci ...

and a Police district in

Sirsa district Sirsa district is the largest district by area in Haryana state, India. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and from the capital Delhi. On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabw ...

in the Indian

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. It is located on the border of Haryana and

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. It is at a distance of 60 km from Sirsa City and 40 km from

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth ...

. Pin code of Mandi Dabwali is 125104 and STD code is 01668. Nearby Cities and towns include Bathinda,

Malout Malout is a town, just outside of Sri Muktsar Sahib, Muktsar Sahib city in the Muktsar district of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is in the southern Punjab "cotton belt", where production per kilometer is one of the highest in Ind ...

Kalanwali Kalanwali is a town with a municipal committee in Sirsa district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. Being very near the Punjab border, most of the people in this area have Haryanvi language, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punj ...

, Sirsa, Sangaria,

Abohar Abohar is a city and municipal corporation in the Fazilka district of the Indian state of Punjab, southeast of Fazilka city and northeast of Sri Ganganagar. It is near the India-Pakistan border. Abohar's population was 145,302 as of 2011. The ...

, Rania,

Hanumangarh Hanumangarh is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Rajasthan, situated on the banks of the river Ghaggar also identified as ancient Sarasvati river, located about 400 km from Delhi. It is the administrative headquarter o ...

and

Ellenabad Ellenabad, previously known as Kharial, is a city with a municipal committee, near Sirsa City in the Sirsa district of the state of Haryana, India. It is located on the south bank of the Ghaggar River in the heart of Bagar tract areas of Punja ...

. In the 2011 Census of India, Mandi Dabwali had a population of 62,207. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. The village Bharukhera is populated by around 2,184 people. Dabwali fire accident occurred on 23 December 1995 in which at about 442 people died mostly school children among them and another 160 were injured, half of them with serious burns. This tragic accident happened in Rajeev Marriage Palace during a function organized by a local DAV Public School. Now at the same place, there is a Library founded in the memory of those died ones. The town has been a hub for manufacturing and marketing modified open jeeps since early 2000s. Mandi Dabwali comes under Tehsil Dabwali which is also an assembly constituency 43 Mandi Dabwali has a Railway Station which connects it to Bathinda (Punjab) and to Hanumangarh (Rajasthan). It is the only Station of Indian State Haryana on Jodhpur-Bathinda Railway Line of Northern Western Railway. Railway station 6

The town has the facility of Indoor stadium named

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh gurus, Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the ...

Stadium The town has a college named Dr. B.R Ambedkar Govt College Mandi Dabwali. affiliated to Chaudhary Devi Lal University

Sirsa Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located near the Thar Desert, 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilometers s ...

. There is a Sub divisional Library inside fire tragedy building where you can find most of the learning materials for kids upto young people

Notable people

Om Prakash Chautala Om Prakash Chautala (1 January 1935 – 20 December 2024) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1999 to 2005 . A member of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), he became the chief minister of Haryana for fiv ...

, former

Chief Minister of Haryana The chief minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following ele ...

Sunil Grover Sunil Grover (born 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Hindi and Punjabi language films and television. He came into limelight for his portrayal as Gutthi on television show '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' but gained popu ...

, comedian and actor *

Devi Lal Devi Lal (25 September 1914 – 6 April 2001) was an Indian statesman and politician who briefly served as the deputy prime minister of India from 1990 to 1991 and previously from 1989 to 1990. Lal emerged as a prominent advocate for rural and ...

, former

Deputy Prime Minister of India The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: ''Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī''), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of ...

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{{Sirsa district topics Cities and towns in Sirsa district

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