Fatehpur (Rajasthan)
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Sikar | ||
| Sub-district : | Fatehpur | ||
| Location : | 28 ° 0 ′ N , 74 ° 58 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 327 m | ||
| Area : | 6.09 km² | ||
| Residents : | 92,595 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 15,204 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Fatehpur is a city with approx. 95,000 inhabitants in the district of Sikar in the Shekhawati region in the northeast of the Indian state of Rajasthan .
location
Fatehpur is located about 165 km (driving distance) northwest of Jaipur or about 170 km east of Bikaner at an altitude of about 325 m above sea level. d. M .; the Indian capital Delhi is about 260 km to the northeast. Fatehpur has a train station on the Sikar - Ramgarh line . The climate is hot and dry; Rain falls almost exclusively during the summer monsoon months from July to September.
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 66,387 | 78,462 | 92,595 |
Almost 46% of the population are Hindus , approx. 53% are Muslims ; the remaining 1% are Jains , Sikhs , Christians and Buddhists . As is common in northern India, the male population is around 5% higher than the female.
economy
The Shekhawati region is traditionally characterized by agriculture, with cattle breeding playing a major role in the past. Because of the passing trade caravans, traders settled in some of the larger villages as early as the 17th and 18th centuries, but after the trade was shifted to the ports of Surat , Bombay and the like. a. migrated. Tourism is only of minor importance.
history
For centuries, Fatehpur was only a larger village, which only rose to become a city through the activities of Fateh Khan Kayamkhani around the middle of the 15th century and one through the increase in caravan trade between India and the Middle East and Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries gained some importance. Merchants who had become wealthy settled there and built large residential and commercial buildings ( havelis ) that were richly decorated with paintings. After the British came to power , trade increasingly shifted to the seaports further south and the entire Shekhawati region was sidelined.
Attractions
- There are several old merchant houses (e.g. Singhania Haveli , Goenka Haveli , Choudaharia Haveli or Jagannath Singhania Haveli ), whose paintings with mostly popular religious themes ( Krishna and Radha or Rama and Sita ) from the late 19th or beginning of the 20th century. Many havelis are in a ruinous state.
- The Hindu temple Dwarkadheesh Mandir , built in the 19th century, is also decorated with paintings.
- Outside the city, a relatively flat square is stepwells ( bawdi ) from the 18th or 19th century with completely preserved enclosure wall, in the middle of each side by representative gatehouses with Bengal roofs is open. During the summer monsoon months, a large amount of rainwater collects here, which can easily be scooped up by women.
