Fatehgarh Churian is located at the geographic coordinates of 31° 51' 51.516 N and 74° 57' 23.94 E.[2]
It is located at an altitude of 237 meter above sea level. It is 256 km from the current state capital in Chandigarh. It is situated in the time zone UTC +5:30.
Demographics
According to 2010 estimates, it had a population of 21,223 inhabitants.
Fatehgarh Churian is a Municipal Council city in district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Fatehgarh Churian city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Fatehgarh Churian Municipal Council has population of 13,070 of which 6,881 are males while 6,189 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1351 which is 10.34% of total population of Fatehgarh Churian (M Cl). In Fatehgarh Churian Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 899 against state average of 895. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Fatehgarh Churian is around 826 compared to Punjab state average of 846. Literacy rate of Fatehgarh Churian city is 85.46% higher than state average of 75.84%. In Fatehgarh Churian, Male literacy is around 89.09% while female literacy rate is 81.46%.
Out of total population of 13,170, 42.10% are Hindu, 41.12% are Sikh, 16.06% are Christian, 0.58% Muslims, 0.03% Jain, 0.02% Buddhist 0.05% others and 0.06% who did not state their religion as of 2011.[3]
According to the 2011 census, the language with the largest number of speakers in Fatehgarh Chrurian was Punjabi with 12,939 speakers, followed by Hindi with 121 and 10 people with other languages.[4]
The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Fatehgarh Churian city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.
Population by religious groups in Fatehgarh Churian city, 2011 census[5]
Religion
Total
Female
Male
Gender ratio
Hindu
5,502
2,575
2,927
879
Sikh
5,372
2,530
2,842
890
Christian
2,099
1,032
1,067
967
Muslim
76
42
34
1235
Jain
4
4
0
--
Buddhist
3
0
3
--
Other religions
6
0
6
--
Not stated
8
6
2
3000
Total
13,070
6,189
6,881
899
History
BANDESHAS
Prior to the 14th century, Fatehgarh Churian was an area dominated by the Bandeshas and origin of this Clan. As in records of Haridwar, this small town and nearby village Chitorgarh was founded by bandeshas in 14th century. Baba shri chand ji son sh Guru Nanak dev ji also visited this town.
As fatehgarh churian is small village or purly settlement of bandeshas in 12th century. During the 18th century, nearby 1745 the Kanhaiya Misl after looting kasoor city they ,moved towards AMRITSAR, one section settled sohian after that sangatpura 5 km from fateh garh churian.
Ranjit Singh's son Kharagh Singh married at fatehgarh churian with chand kaur. Maharaja bear all the expenses of this marriage as a state function. He invited many state royals as state guest.
Diwan family
Some locals think that the associated with Kanahiya misl,but it's not true ,Diwans are different family directly associated with diwan Tek chand of Lahore darbaar. They are the richest family of the town ,as they owned more than 600 acres of land which was gone under possession to British gov. Under the court of wards rule, which was released after 1920.
India's first Asian champion in badminton Arjuna awardee sh Dinesh khanna is from diwan family of fatehgarh churian.
Before 1947, the town had a majority Muslim population that included Shias and Sunnis. The Sunni and Shia Muslims were roughly equal in numbers.[citation needed]
In July 2021, it was found that Fatehgarh Churian was the only urban local body (ULB) in Punjab that was not open defecation free (ODF).[6]
Fatehgarh hosts a lot of religious events and people from nearby villages visit the city to be a part of the celebrations. Many local clubs and religious societies help in the celebrations. Organizing Sant Samelans, gatherings of seers and saints, and Shoba Yatras are now traditions of the town. Nearby historic landmarks include Dhianpur Dhaam, Ramdass, and Chola Sahib. The River Ravi is also close by.
Gagranwala Mandir, Panj Mandir, Talab(built by Kanhaiya Misl), Samadhs of Kanhaiya Misl Sardars are the places one must checkout in their lifetime when visiting Fatehgarh Churian.
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