Bana Wala (sometimes spelled Banawala) is a small village in Mansa district of

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. It has become a noted village of

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as a ne
Talwandi Sabo Power Plant
with the capacity of 2640

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, is under construction here.

Geography

Bana Wala is approximately centered at .

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, Peron,

Chhapian Wali Chhapian Wali (also spelled as Chhapianwali or Chhapiyanwali) is a village in Mansa district of Punjab, India. It was on the list for more than 90 per cent of voting in the February 2012 elections. Geography The village approximately centere ...

Talwandi Aklia ''Talwandi Aklia'' (also known as Chhoti Talwandi) is a small village in Mansa district of Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indi ...

(Chhoti Talwandi),

Chehlan Wala Chehlan Wala (also spelled as Chahlan Wal or Chehlanwala) is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. The village was on the list for more than 90% of voting in the February 2012 elections. Geography The village is ...

and Behniwal are the surrounding villages.

Culture

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is the

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as well as the

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here. The villagers mainly belongs to the Maanshahia clan of

Jatt people The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralism, pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval time ...

. The population mainly follows the

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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

if three units and 2640 megawatt if four units, having 660 megawatt each.

References

{{Mansa district Villages in Mansa district, India