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'''Hansali Sahib''' village is located in the [[tehsil]] of Fatehgarh Sahib in [[Fatehgarh Sahib district]] in the state of the [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://geoiq.io/places/Hansali/DehTpxsJON |title=Hansali, Fatehgarh Sahib | Village | GeoIQ |website=geoiq.io}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/Prince-Charles-joins-discussion-on-urban-environments/article15768775.ece|title=Prince Charles joins discussion on urban environments|author=Staff Reporter|date=4 October 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> It is situated {{cvt|11.5|km|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 {{convert|278|ha|acre}}. [[Fatehgarh Sahib]] is also the nearest town to Hansali.<ref name="fs handbook a"/>{{rp|234}}

==Demographics==
The total population of Hansali is 802 people in 160 separate houses.<ref name="fs handbook a">{{cite book |author1=Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab |author2=((Ministry of Home Affairs)) |series=Census of India 2011|id=Punjab-Series 04 - Part XII A|title=District Census Handbook, Fatehgarh Sahib|chapter=Village and Town Directory |date=2014 |publisher=Government of India |location=Chandigarh, India |chapter-url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/03/0306_PART_A_DCHB_FATEHGARH%20SAHIB.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308151210/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/03/0306_PART_A_DCHB_FATEHGARH%20SAHIB.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>{{rp|234}} Hansali village has a female population which is 48.3% of the total.<ref name="fs handbook a"/> 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%.<ref>{{cite web |author1=((Ministry of Home Affairs))|title=Population Finder 2011: HANSALI (160) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Government of India |access-date=10 May 2022 |id=Search term used: "Hansali": [The relevant ''Hansali'' in results shows code (''160'').]}}</ref> The female to male literacy gap is 5.8%, which compares favourably to the overall gap for the Kera [[Community development block|CD block]], in which Hansali sits, of 9.04%.<ref name="fs handbook a"/>{{rp|56}}

==Location and surrounds==
Hansali is in [[Fatehgarh Sahib]] tehsil, and in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab State, India. It is located {{convert|11.5|km|mi}} to the east of the district headquarters at Fatehgarh Sahib, {{cvt|4|km|mi}} from Khera, and {{cvt|37|km|mi}} from the state capital, [[Chandigarh]].{{fact|date=June 2023}}

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, Punjab|Morinda]], [[Kharar, SAS Nagar|Kharar]] and [[Khanna, Ludhiana]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab |title=Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Fatehgarh Sahib |website=censusindia.gov.in |date=2014 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/991}}</ref> 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, Punjab|Saroya]] are to the north of Hansali.<ref name="fs handbook a"/>{{rp|maps}}

==Notable people==
===Sant Ajit Singh Hansali===
Baba [[Ajit Singh Hansaliwale]] Sahib ({{circa|1936}} – 1 January 2015)<ref name="HT 2015">{{Cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Kétan |quote=Baba Ajit Singh Hansaliwale, the head of Nirmal dera, Hansali, Fatehgarh Sahib, died at the age of 75 on Thursday night |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/punjab-hansali-dera-head-passes-away/story-QHPjMv1Q8Lu8n2pH2qpmvJ.html|title=Punjab: Hansali dera head passes away|date=2 January 2015 |access-date=10 October 2021 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref name="baba tea"/>{{efn|Some sources, for example ''Hindustan Times'',<ref name="HT 2015"/> report his age as 75 when he died, while others (see ''Dainik Bhaskar''),<ref name="baba tea"/> give his year of birth as 1936.}} 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 [[Rupnagar district|Ropar]] district.<ref name="baba tea">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UT-CHD-baba-ajit-singh-hansali-wale-died-4860296-PHO.html|title=बाबा बोले- बहुत चाय पी ली अब मैं चला, अंतिम दर्शन को पहुंची केंद्रीय मंत्री|date=3 January 2015|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref> A widely-known and revered Sikh figure,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014|url=http://sikhsangat.org/2014/maneka-visits-nirmal-dera-to-seek-blessings-of-baba-hansali-wale/|title=Maneka visits Nirmal Dera to seek blessings of Baba Hansali Wale |work=Sikh Sangat News|author1=Guest writer (''Hindustan Times'')|id=Note on headline: The ''Maneka'' mentioned, is the then-Union minister for women and child development, [[Maneka Gandhi]]}}</ref> and a [[Nirmala (sect)|Nirmala]] devotee, the Baba Sahib was head of the Nirmal [[Dera (organization)|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]].<ref name="HT 2015"/><ref name="baba tea"/>

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[[Category:Villages in Fatehgarh Sahib district]]

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