Ballowal

Ballowal
Ballowal
Village
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Area
• Total	4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population
• Total	2,500
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	141202
Telephone code	0161
Vehicle registration	PB-10
Nearest city	Ludhiana
Lok Sabha constituency	Ludhiana
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dakha
Website	www.ballowal.in

Ballowal (Punjabi: ਬੱਲੋਵਾਲ) is a small village situated in district Ludhiana, Punjab, India. This village is about 15 km from Ludhiana city. The population of this village is approximately 2500. There is a canal on one side of the village and a suaa(ਸੂਆ) on the other side of the village. Although it is a small village, yet it has all the necessary basic facilities for the people. A Government School, in this village, provides education to the students. A dispensary provides medical facilities to the villagers. A veterinary hospital keeps the animals, especially buffaloes and cows, healthy by giving them necessary meditation.^[1]

Geography

Ballowal is located at . It has an average elevation of 246 metres (807 ft).

Climate

Ballowal features a semiarid climate under the Köppen climate classification, with three defined seasons; summer, monsoon and winter. Summers, which range from April through June in the village, tends to be very hot and very dry with average highs in May and June hovering around 40 degrees Celsius. The monsoon season which runs from July through September, sees a slight decrease in average temperatures but an increase in humidity. The bulk of the village’s annual precipitation is received during the monsoon season. October and November is dry; more similar to a summer month than a monsoon month, though November is noticeably cooler than a summer month. Average temperatures though tend to decrease during the course of each of these months. December through February, which forms the winter months, is relatively mild with warm days and chilly nights. March is more of a sharp transitional month from winter to summer. Ballowal on average sees roughly 730 mm of precipitation annually.