Country India District Mansa | State Punjab Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | |
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Bana Wala (sometimes spelled as Banawala or wrong as ਬਨਾ ਵਾਲਾ in Punjabi) is a small village in Mansa district of Punjab, India. It has become a noted village of Punjab as a new Talwandi Sabo Power Plant, with the capacity of 2640 megawatt, is under construction here.
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Map of Banawala, Punjab 151505
Geography
Bana Wala is approximately centered at 29°56′20″N 75°13′52″E. Raipur, Peron, Chhapian Wali, Talwandi Aklia (Chhoti Talwandi), Chehlan Wala and Behniwal are the surrounding villages.
Culture
Punjabi is the mother tongue as well as the official language here. The villagers mainly belongs to the Maanshahia clan of Jatt people.
Religion
The population mainly follows the Sikhism.
Power plant
The Talwandi Sabo Power Limited Thermal Plant is just under construction and will be running from the end of 2012. It has the capacity of 1980 megawatt if three units and 2640 megawatt if four units, having 660 megawatt each.