Dhariwal, India
Dhariwal is a 5th largest town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the state of Punjab, India. 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 on the Gurdaspur-Batala highway. Dhariwal,like rest of north-western India, features a humid Subtropical climate.Average yearly precipitation is about 925 mm(36.4 inch), 70% of it receives during monsoon season(June -september). Although winter are also wet. June is the hottest while January is coldest month. In winter, dense fog persist  for 3-5 days, as a result day temperature drops to single digit.In the month of May and June dust storm followed by Intense spell for short interval is not uncommon.Monsoon arrived in the end of June and withdrawn starts around 3rd week of September.Town is exposed to heatwaves during summer and Cold wave during winter. Demographics. India census, 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 6 years of age. History. During British rule, 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 and were the only mills in Punjab at that time.