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Fatehabad
Fatehabad
Town
	Nickname: Pink City of Haryana
	Fatehabad Location in Haryana, India Fatehabad Fatehabad (India)
	Coordinates: 29°31′N 75°27′E / 29.52°N 75.45°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Fatehabad
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Fatehabad Municipal Council
Elevation	208 m (682 ft)
Population (2011)
• 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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[3]

Geography

Fatehabad is located at 29°31′N 75°27′E / 29.52°N 75.45°E / 29.52; 75.45.^[5] The geographical area of the district is 2520 km². which is 5.4% of the state share.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] 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%.^[6]