Historical photograph of Gurdwara Sri Khadur Sahib, ca.1920s. Published in the 1930 first edition of Mahan Kosh by Kahn Singh Nabha. Possibly photographed in 1924.
Khadur is a village associated with the second guru of the Sikhs, Guru Angad (1504–1552). He moved the early Sikh community's centre from Kartarpur to Khadur after becoming the guru after Nanak's passing and due to opposition from Nanak's sons. After Guru Angad passed, the community's headquarters was again moved by Guru Amar Das (1552–1574) to Goindval for similar reasons, them namely being challenges he faced from Angad's sons.[4]
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India, Khadur Sahib had 2,027 number of households and total population was 11,054 persons. There were total of 5,795 males, 5,259 females in 2011 in this town. The total number of children of 6 years or below were 1,318 in town. The percentage of male population was 52.42%, the percentage of female population was 47.58% and the percentage of child population was 11.92%. Average Sex Ratio of Khadur Sahib was 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895.[5]
Literacy
In 2011, literacy rate of Khadur Sahib was 73.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab, male literacy was 77.46 % and female literacy rate was 69.08 %.
^Singh, Pashaura (3 April 2021). "Ideological basis in the formation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal: exploring the concept of Guru-Panth". Sikh Formations. 17 (1–2): 3–4. doi:10.1080/17448727.2021.1873656. ISSN1744-8727. S2CID234146387. The second Guru, Angad (1504–1552), established a new Sikh center at his native village Khadur because Guru Nanak's sons made the legal claim as rightful heirs of their father's properties at Kartarpur. It confirmed an organizational principle – that the communal establishment at Kartarpur should not be considered a unique institution, but rather a model that could be cloned and imitated elsewhere. Similarly, the sons of Guru Angad inherited the establishment at Khadur, forcing his successor to move to Goindval ('City of Govind', an epithet of God) on the right bank of the river Beas.
