Dera Baba Nanak

Demographics

India census, Dera Baba Nanak city had a population of 6,394. Of which the number of males were 3,331 and the number of females were 3,063. Dera Baba Nanak has an average literacy rate of 87.42%, higher than the state average of 75.84%: male literacy is 90.36%, and female literacy is 84.27%. In Dera Baba Nanak 9.34% of the population is under 6 years of age.

In 2011, the sex ratio of Dera Baba Nanak city was 920, compared to the state average of 895. The child sex ratio was around 843, compared to the state average of 846. The scheduled caste population comprises the 25.95% of the total population of the municipal council.

The table below shows the percentage of different religious groups in Dera Baba Nanak city, according to the 2011 census.

The table below shows the population of different religious groups in Dera Baba Nanak city and their gender ratio, as of 2011 census.

History

Dera Baba Nanak, one of the most sacred places of the Sikhs, is situated on the banks of river Ravi. Three famous Gurudwaras at Dera Baba Nanak are Sri Darbar Sahib, Sri Chola Sahib and Tahli Sahib (Gurudwara of BaBa Sri Chand ji) eldest son of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru settled and is believed to have "mingled with the Almighty" near the village Pakhoke Mehmaran, opposite to the present town and named it Kartarpur - a town which lies over the border in Pakistan. The Bedis (Khatris), descendants of Guru Nanak built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their ancestor.

There are many Bedi descendants of Guru Nanak at Dera Baba Nanak, located near Kartarpur. Much of the land at Dera Baba Nanak is owned by Nanak's descendants and a robe, known as a chola sahib, with Quranic inscriptions said to have been owned by Nanak is kept here. The robe is believed to have been worn by Guru Nanak during his udasi (travels) to Mecca and Medina in Arabia. The robe was passed-down in four subsequent generations of descendants until it was preserved as a sacred relic. In 1895, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Ahmadiyya prophet, examined the robe in an attempt to prove that Guru Nanak was a Muslim.

The town has a number of Gurdwaras. Pilgrims come to this town in large numbers. Dera Baba Nanak was made the headquarters of the newly created Tehsil of Dera Baba Nanak.

Gurudwara Sri Darbar Sahib was built in commemoration of Guru Nanak. He came here after his first Udasi (tour) during December 1515 AD to see members of his family. His wife Mata Sulakkhani and his two sons Sri Chand and Lakhmi Chand had come to stay here in their maternal home at Pakho-Ke-Randhawa near Dera Baba Nanak, where Lala Mool Raj, father–in–law of Guru Nanak, was working as a Patwari.

Gallery

Garments Of Guru Nanak preserved at Gurudwara Sri Chola Sahib, Dera Baba Nanak 01.jpg|Garments of Guru Nanak preserved at Gurudwara Sri Chola Sahib Gurudwara Sri Chola Sahib, Dera Baba Nanak 02.jpg|Gurudwara Sri Chola Sahib, Dera Baba Nanak Inner view of Gurudwara Chola Sahib , Dera Baba Nanak.jpg|Inner view of Gurudwara Chola Sahib, Dera Baba Nanak

Notable people

• Sujan Singh, a Punjabi story writer
• Satwant Singh, one of the bodyguards responsible for the assassination of Indira Gandhi

Villages

• Alawalwala
• Ali Nangal
• Arli Bhan
• Bhagtana Boharwala
• Bomb
• Chainewal
• Dehar
• Dharowali
• Dhesian
• Gunia
• Hardowal
• Jaurian Kalan
• Jiwan Nangal
• Khanna Chamaran
• Khawaja Wardag (Dera Pathana)
• Kotli Dayaram
• Loharanwali
• Maitla
• Mera Ransinke
• Pabbarali
• Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak
• Rajeke
• Ransinke Tilla
• Sadhanwali
• Sangtawal
• Shahpur Goraya
• Sharfkot
• Talwandi Hinduan
• Talwandi Rama
• Tapala
• Tarowali
• Tarpala
• Udhowali Kalan
• Udhowali Khurd
• Veroke

References

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