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Fatehabad
Town
Nickname: Pink City of Haryana
FatehabadLocation in Haryana, IndiaShow map of HaryanaFatehabadFatehabad (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°31′N 75°27′E / 29.52°N 75.45°E / 29.52; 75.45
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Fatehabad
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Fatehabad Municipal Council
Elevation	208 m (682 ft)
Population
• Total	70,777
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	125050
Telephone code	1667
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-22
Website	fatehabad.nic.in

Fatehabad (listen) is a town and a municipal council in Fatehabad district in the state of Haryana, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Fatehabad district.

History

Fatehabad Fort, was built in 14th century CE by Firoz Shah Tughlaq and named after his son, also has tomb of Meershah Peer who was spiritual guide of Firoz Shah.

There is a mosque called Humayun's mosque, which has the 15 to 16 feet tall lower portion of an Ashokan pillar, topped with five inch marble strip, is called Ferozs Shah ki Lat and was likely taken from Agroha Mound and whose lower portion lies in Lat ki Masjid at hisar.

Geography

Fatehabad is located at 29°31′N 75°27′E / 29.52°N 75.45°E / 29.52; 75.45. The geographical area of the district is 2520 km. which is 5.4% of the state share.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, the Fatehabad Municipal Council has population of 70,777 of which 37,320 are males while 33,457 are females. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 8263 which is 11.67% of total population of Fatehabad (M Cl). In Fatehabad Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 896 against state average of 879. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Fatehabad is around 858 compared to Haryana state average of 834. Literacy rate of Fatehabad city is 81.96% higher than state average of 75.55%. In Fatehabad, Male literacy is around 86.86% while female literacy rate is 76.53%.

Religion

Religion in Fatehabad Municipal Council (2011)

Religion	Population (2011)	Percentage (2011)
Hinduism	65,394	92.39%
Islam	651	0.92%
Sikhism	4378	6.19%
Christianity	124	0.18%
Others	230	0.32%
Total Population	70,777	100%

See also

• Haryana Tourism
• List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
• List of State Protected Monuments in Haryana
• List of Indus Valley Civilization sites in Haryana
• List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India

References

1. "District Fatehabad, Government of Haryana | Pink City of Haryana | India". June 2024.
2. "Fatehabad Municipal Council". June 2024.
3. ^ Sohan Singh Khattar and Reena Kar, 2021, Know Your State Haryana, Arihant Publications, pp 308.
4. Lat of Feroz Shah
5. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Fatehabad
6. Census 2011, Census India.
7. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 2011 POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY HARYANA". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India . 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

1. Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Ad-Dharmis, or not stated

External links

• Official Website of Fatehabad
• Official Website of Haryana Government for History

• Forts in Haryana
• Cities and towns in Fatehabad district