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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khadur Sahib
| population_demonym =
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| area_total_km2 = 16.13
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 11,054
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 143117
| registration_plate = PB-63
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| other_name = Khadoor Sahib
| coordinates = {{coord|31.4239|N|75.0977|E|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
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| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tarn Taran district|Tarn Taran]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region of Punjab
| subdivision_name3 = [[Majha]]
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'''Khadur Sahib''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Tarn Taran district]] of Khadur Sahib tehsil of the [[Majha]] region of Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. Khadur Sahib is a historical place in view of eight out of ten [[sikh gurus]] having visited this place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tarntaran.nic.in/places-of-interest/|title=Places of interest in Tarn Taran district|last=|first=|date=|website=Tarn Taran district official website|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historicalgurudwaras.com/GurudwaraDetail.aspx?gid=8244|title=Gurudwara Shri Darbar Sahib, Khadoor Sahib|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> The [[Postal Index Number|postal index number]] of Khadur Sahib is 143117.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pincode.net.in/khadur-sahib-post-office-khadoor-tarn-taran-punjab-143117|title=Postal code of Khadur Sahib, Tarn Taran|website=|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Historical photograph of Gurdwara Sri Khadur Sahib, ca.1920's. Published in the 1930 first edition of Mahan Kosh by Kahn Singh Nabha.jpg|thumb|Historical photograph of Gurdwara Sri Khadur Sahib, ca.1920s. Published in the 1930 first edition of ''[[Mahan Kosh]]'' by [[Kahn Singh Nabha]]. Possibly photographed in 1924.]]
Khadur is a village associated with the second ''[[Sikh gurus|guru]]'' of the Sikhs, [[Guru Angad]] (1504–1552). He moved the early Sikh community's centre from [[Kartarpur, Pakistan|Kartarpur]] to Khadur after becoming the guru after Nanak's passing and due to opposition from Nanak's sons. Khadur was the base of operations of Guru Angad from 1539–1551.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=Gurinder Singh |title=The Making of Sikh Scripture |date=May 3, 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198029878 |pages=9 |chapter=Table 1. Towns Associated with the Sikh Gurus}}</ref> After Guru Angad passed, the community's headquarters was again moved by [[Guru Amar Das]] (1551–1574) to [[Goindval]] for similar reasons, them namely being challenges he faced from Angad's sons.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Pashaura |date=2021-04-03 |title=Ideological basis in the formation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal: exploring the concept of Guru-Panth |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17448727.2021.1873656 |journal=Sikh Formations |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1–2 |pages=3–4 |doi=10.1080/17448727.2021.1873656 |s2cid=234146387 |issn=1744-8727 |quote=The second Guru, Angad (1504–1552), established a new Sikh center at his native village Khadur because Guru Nanak’s sons made the legal claim as rightful heirs of their father’s properties at Kartarpur. It confirmed an organizational principle – that the communal establishment at Kartarpur should not be considered a unique institution, but rather a model that could be cloned and imitated elsewhere. Similarly, the sons of Guru Angad inherited the establishment at Khadur, forcing his successor to move to Goindval (‘City of Govind’, an epithet of God) on the right bank of the river Beas.|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=Gurinder Singh |title=The Making of Sikh Scripture |date=May 3, 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198029878 |pages=9 |chapter=Table 1. Towns Associated with the Sikh Gurus}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As per [[2011 Census of India]], Khadur Sahib had 2,027 number of households and total population was 11,054 persons. There were a total of 5,795 males, 5,259 females in 2011 in this town. The total number of children of 6 years or below were 1,318. The percentage of male population was 52.42%, the percentage of female population was 47.58% and the percentage of child population was 11.92%. Average Gender Ratio (AGR) of Khadur Sahib was 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=43112|title=Khadur Sahib census details 2011|website=[[Census of India]]|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>

=== Literacy ===
In 2011, the literacy rate of Khadur Sahib was 73.45 % compared to 75.84 % for Punjab; male literacy was 77.46 % and female literacy rate was 69.08 %.

==Education==
Shri Guru Angad Dev College is located in Khadur Sahib, which is affiliated to [[Guru Nanak Dev University|Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar]]. It was established in 1970.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indcareer.com/punjab/tarn-taran/shri-guru-angad-dev-college-khadur-sahib | title=Shri Guru Angad Dev College, Khadur Sahib | date=4 January 2014 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0316_PART_B_DCHB_TARN%20TARAN.pdf DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK TARN TARAN 2011 - VILLAGE AND TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (PCA)]

{{Tarn Taran district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tarn Taran district]]

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