Garhdiwala

Garhdiwala
City
Garhdiwala Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°43′57″N75°45′02″E / 31.7325°N 75.7506°E / 31.7325; 75.7506
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Founded by	Chaudhary Garhia Sahota
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,593
Languages Punjabi
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144207
Area code	+91 1886
Vehicle registration	PB07,PB21

Garhdiwala is a town and municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India.

Devi Mandir, Garhdiwala.

History

The town was founded by a person named by Chaudhary Garhia Sahota a Jatt Landlord of the area in the year 1443. the town also had a devi mandir and was known as Garhia devi wala and later it evolved into Garhdiwala, during the misl era the modern bulding of temple was bulit by Sikh Sardars. ^[1] The town was the seat of Sahota Jatt Chaudhris/Jagirdars of the area During the mughal era and it is also mentioned in the 1595 Mughal Zamindar record list of Suba Lahore. ^{[2] [3]} Chaudhary Mansa Singh Sahota the hereditary Chaudhary of Garhdiwala was imprisioned by Imperial authorities in Lahore due to his arrears but he managed to escape and changed Sides and joined the newly emerging Dallewalia Misl of Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba and Captured Bahram from Narus and held these areas ^[4] Sardar Mahtab Singh Sahota the Grandson of Sardar Mansa Singh joined Ahluwalia Misl and defeated Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra at the siege of Daroli and forced him to retreat to the hills but later Sardar Mahtab Singh died due to battle wounds ^[5] Garhdiwala sardars also captured now extint fort of kandhala Sheikhan ^[6]

Demographics

As of 2011 ^[update] census in India, ^[7] Gardhiwala had a population of 7593. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Garhdiwala has a higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, the literacy rate of Garhdiwala was 87.24% compared to 75.84% of Punjab: Male literacy stands at 92.82% while the female literacy rate was 81.73%.

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Gardhiwala town, as of the 2011 census.

Population by religious groups in Gardhiwala town, 2011 census ^[8]

Religion	Total	Female	Male
Hindu	5,242	2,514	2,728
Sikh	2,214	1,123	1,091
Muslim	60	27	33
Jain	54	24	30
Christian	19	9	10
Other religions	1	1	0
Not stated	3	2	1
Total	7,593	3,700	3,893

References

1. Punjab District Gazetteers. Hoshiarpur District with Maps, 1904. Taylor & Francis. 2013.
2. J. A. L. Montgomery (1885). Final Report of Revised Settlement, Hoshiarpur District, 1879-84. Oxford University. Calcutta Central Press Co.
3. Mubarak, Abu al-Fadl Ibn (1927). The A'In-I Akbari. Asiatic Society of Bengal.
4. Gupta, Hari Ram (1939). History of the Sikhs: Trans-Sutlej Sikhs, 1769-1799. S.N. Sarkar.
5. Sant Baba Harnam Singh. Se Kinehiya - Biography Of Sant Baba Harnam Singh.
6. Sikh Digital Library. Golden Crystals Essays On Sikh History - Ranjit Singh Kharag. Sikh Digital Library. Sikh Digital Library.
7. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
8. https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11389, India - C-01: Population by religious community, Punjab - 2011, Gardhiwala (M Cl)