Dhariwal is a fifth largest town and a

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Gurdaspur district Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab, and the districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthala ...

in the state of

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. Dhariwal was most famous for its woolen mill. This town is situated on the banks of river Upper Bari Duba and is 13 km away from

Gurdaspur Gurdaspur is a city in the Majha region of the Indian state of Punjab, between the rivers Beas and Ravi. It houses the administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District and is in the geographical centre of the district, which shares a bord ...

on the Gurdaspur-Batala highway. Dhariwal, like the rest of north-western India, features a humid subtropical climate. Average yearly precipitation is about 925mm (36.4 inches), 70% of it receives during

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season (June-September). Winter is also wet. June is the hottest while January is coldest month. In winter, dense fog persists for three to five days. As a result, day temperature drops to single digits. During May and June, dust storms followed by intense spells for short intervals are not uncommon. Monsoon arrives in the end of June and withdrawal starts around the third week of September. The town is prone to heatwaves during summer and chills during winter.

Demographics

According to 2010 estimates, it had a population of 23,158 inhabitants. India

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, Dhariwal had a population of 18,706. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dhariwal has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 78% and female literacy is 70%. In Dhariwal, 10% of the population is under six years of age. The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Dhariwal city and their

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, as of 2011 census.

History

During

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, the New Egerton Woolen Mills (established in 1880 then purchased by Sir Alexander MacRobert in 1884) produced woolen worsted and hosiery of all kinds - in 1904 the company employed 908 people. These mills were famous throughout

colonial India Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during and after the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spice trade, spices. The search for ...

and were the only mills in

at that time.Arts and Manufacture - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 319. India
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{{Gurdaspur district Cities and towns in Gurdaspur district

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