Sankhol

Sankhol is a village in Jhajjar district, town Bahadurgarh located along NH 9 (formerly NH 10). Sankhol comes in Assembly constituency 64-Bahadurgarh. The village has four polling stations (polling station no. 56, 57, 58, 59). Today the village is 403 years old (as in 2018) with 25-30 generation of people born.. village have own identity on their will. Sankhol Village More than 100 noteble persons who have worked for entire country many fields for example ::Late. Shree jage Ram Rathee is a freedom fighter who works as a food minister as well as many other fields he have sentence 5 to 6 years in a jail without any information regarding about their family members after the freedom of India he not take any help from government on larger scale this will showcase that he is a true freedom fighter

Sankhol
Village
Sankhol
Location in Haryana, India
Sankhol
Sankhol (India)
Coordinates: 28.71432°N 76.90133°E / 28.71432; 76.90133
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictJhajjar
Established5 November 1615
Founded byCh. Sukhla Rathi
Government
 • BodyGram Panchayat
Population
 (2001)
 • Total5,178
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationHR 13
Websiteharyana.gov.in

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Sankhol had a population of 5178. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sankhol has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Sankhol, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

In Samwat 1672 (i.e. On 5TH NOVEMBER 1615 ; on Guru Nanak Jayanti ) Kartika month on Thursday Purnima Ch. SUKHLA RATHI RATHI established the village SANKHOL along with people from 7 different cast. Ch. Sukhla Rathi was a Kshatriya originally from Tungdesh (now Prabhas Patan, Somnath, Gujrat) and moved to Sankhol in search for a better place for prosperity while halting at Hastinapur, Tamargarh, Delhi (Mehrauli), Gopalgarh, Hariyapur, Kasar, Parnala, Sarfabad (now Bahadurgarh) and finally at Sankhol.

The village was internally divided into three Pannas by the three brothers of 6-7 generation becoming the head of each Panna i.e. Bhortha, Gullar and Baggri.

Notable Persons

Brigadier Hoshier Singh Rathee

Brigadier Hoshiar Singh IOM, IDSM, Croix De Guerre was the commander of the Indian 62 Brigade stationed at Sela Pass. Brigadier Singh was killed in action, along with a few Indian troops during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Brigadier Hoshiar Singh was commended for his bravery in the war. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, along with Pratap Singh Kairon, the then Chief Minister of Punjab, had visited this village personally to pay homage to the late Brigadier.

Brigadier

Hoshiar Singh Rathee

Born Village Sankhol, Bahadurgarh, Haryana
Died Sela Pass
Allegiance India
Rank Brigadier
Battles/wars 1962 Sino-Indian War
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References
  1. "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.


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