Talwan

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Talwan, Punjab
Village
Talwan, Punjab Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Talwan, Punjab Talwan, Punjab (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 31°01′N75°37′E / 31.017°N 75.617°E / 31.017; 75.617
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144039 [1]
Telephone code	1826
Vehicle registration	PB-08

Talwan is a village in Punjab near the city of Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the district Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab.

Talwan town is situated on the bank shore of Sutlej river that is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. Talwan lies on the Jalandhar-Nurmahal-Talwan Major District Road 82 (MDR 82) of Punjab. The development block for Talwan is Nurmahal. The nearest railway station to Talwan is Nurmahal railway station at a distance of 8 km. Talwan falls into Dhagara(village)

Notable people from Talwan

Swami Shraddhanand (Munshiram) who was a freedom fighter, social reformer and founder of Gurukul Kangri, was born in Talwan. ^[2]

Pin Code & STD codes

Talwan's pin code & STD Code is 144039 & 01826 respectively.

References

1. Indian postal website with Talwan's PIN code
2. Jones, Kenneth W. Consciousness in 19th-century Punjab (First ed.). Manohar Publishers and Distributors. p. 329. ISBN   978-8173047091.

3. Talwan village Website and other pages https://talwan.art.blog