Hansali
Demographics
The total population of Hansali is 802 people in 160 separate houses. Hansali village has a female population which is 48.3% of the total. The village literacy rate is 74.6% overall. For males of reading age (over 6 years old) the rate is 77.4%; for females the comparable rate is 71.6%. The female to male literacy gap is 5.8%, which compares favourably to the overall gap for the Kera CD block, in which Hansali sits, of 9.04%.
Location and surrounds
Hansali is in Fatehgarh Sahib tehsil, and in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab State, India. It is located 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) to the east of the district headquarters at Fatehgarh Sahib, 4 km (2.5 mi) from Khera, and 37 km (23 mi) from the state capital, Chandigarh.
Neighbouring the village are the surrounding locations of Fatehgarh Sahib and Sirhind tehsils, both to the west, Bassi Pathana to the north, and Rajpura to the east. Also nearby are the cities of Morinda, Kharar and Khanna, Ludhiana. Hansali lies on the border of two districts: the Fatehgarh Sahib District and the Nawanshahr District; it is very close to a third, Rupnagar district, formerly Ropar. Nawanshahr sub-district, and the ancient village of Saroya are to the north of Hansali.
Notable people
Sant Ajit Singh Hansali
Baba Ajit Singh Hansaliwale Sahib (c. 1936 – 1 January 2015) made his home in Hansali for many years, until his death on the first day of 2015. His birthplace was the village of Bharatgarh in the Ropar district. A widely-known and revered Sikh figure, and a Nirmala devotee, the Baba Sahib was head of the Nirmal Dera trust. The trust sets up community resources and runs charitable projects, including a free hospital, a school, and a girls' college and hostel on the Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus.
Notes
- ^ Some sources, for example Hindustan Times, report his age as 75 when he died, while others (see Dainik Bhaskar), give his year of birth as 1936.
References
- ^ "Hansali, Fatehgarh Sahib | Village | GeoIQ". geoiq.io.
- ^ Staff Reporter (4 October 2010). "Prince Charles joins discussion on urban environments" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab; Ministry of Home Affairs (2014). "Village and Town Directory" (PDF). District Census Handbook, Fatehgarh Sahib. Census of India 2011. Chandigarh, India: Government of India. Punjab-Series 04 - Part XII A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022.
- ^ Ministry of Home Affairs. "Population Finder 2011: HANSALI (160)". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Search term used: "Hansali": [The relevant Hansali in results shows code (160).] Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab (2014). "Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Fatehgarh Sahib". censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ Gupta, Kétan (2 January 2015). "Punjab: Hansali dera head passes away". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
Baba Ajit Singh Hansaliwale, the head of Nirmal dera, Hansali, Fatehgarh Sahib, died at the age of 75 on Thursday night
- ^ "बाबा बोले- बहुत चाय पी ली अब मैं चला, अंतिम दर्शन को पहुंची केंद्रीय मंत्री". Dainik Bhaskar. 3 January 2015.
- ^ Guest writer (Hindustan Times) (2014). "Maneka visits Nirmal Dera to seek blessings of Baba Hansali Wale". Sikh Sangat News. Note on headline: The Maneka mentioned, is the then-Union minister for women and child development, Maneka Gandhi.
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