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.

Sankhol
Village
Sankhol Location in Haryana, India Sankhol Sankhol (India)
Coordinates: 28.71432°N 76.90133°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Jhajjar
Established	5 November 1615
Founded by	Ch. Sukhla Rathi
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,178
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HR 13
Website	haryana.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

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.