Hansali

Hansali Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib
Village
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Coordinates: 30.45°N 76.26°E / 30.45; 76.26
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Fatehgarh Sahib district

Hansali Sahib village is located in the tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the state of the Punjab, India.[1][2] It is situated 11.5 km (7.1 mi) away from Fatehgarh Sahib, which is both district and sub-district headquarters for Hansali village. Governance of the village is by gram panchayat. The total geographical area of Hansali is 278 hectares (690 acres). Fatehgarh Sahib is also the nearest town to Hansali.[3]: 234 

Demographics

The total population of Hansali is 802 people in 160 separate houses.[3]: 234  Hansali village has a female population which is 48.3% of the total.[3] 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%.[4] 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%.[3]: 56 

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.^[citation needed]

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.[5] 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.[3]: maps 

Notable people

Sant Ajit Singh Hansali

Baba Ajit Singh Hansaliwale Sahib (c. 1936 – 1 January 2015)[6][7][a] 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.[7] A widely-known and revered Sikh figure,[8] 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.[6][7]

Notes

1. Some sources, for example Hindustan Times,[6] report his age as 75 when he died, while others (see Dainik Bhaskar),[7] give his year of birth as 1936.

References

1. "Hansali, Fatehgarh Sahib | Village | GeoIQ". geoiq.io.
2. Staff Reporter (4 October 2010). "Prince Charles joins discussion on urban environments" – via www.thehindu.com.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab (2014). "Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Fatehgarh Sahib". censusindia.gov.in.
6. 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
7. "बाबा बोले- बहुत चाय पी ली अब मैं चला, अंतिम दर्शन को पहुंची केंद्रीय मंत्री". Dainik Bhaskar. 3 January 2015.
8. 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.