Fatehabad, Haryana


Fatehabad is a town and a municipal committee in Fatehabad district in the state of Haryana, India.

History

There is a mosque called Humayun's mosque, which has the lower portion of an Ashokan pillar called Ferozs Shah ki Lat likely taken from Agroha Mound and whose lower portion lies in Lat ki Masjid at hisar.

Geography

Fatehabad is located at. It has an average elevation of 208 metres.It is located in the south western part of Haryana. It is surrounded by Punjab in North, district Hisar in south, district Jind in East and Rajasthan and district Sirsa in the West. The geographical area of the district is 2520 km2. which is 5.4% of the state share.

Demographics

India census, Fatehabad had a population of 59,863. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Fatehabad has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 60%. In Fatehabad, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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. 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 %.