Ratia is a city and a

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on the banks of

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, 23 north of district headquarter, Fatehabad City, in the Fatehabad district of the

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Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

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History

Etymology

The town is named after a Hindu

sadhu ''Sadhu'' (, IAST: ' (male), ''sādhvī'' or ''sādhvīne'' (female), also spelled ''saddhu'') is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively ...

: Shri Rattan Nath.

British era

During the

Chalisa famine The Chalisa famine of 1783–1784 in the Indian subcontinent followed unusual El Niño events that began in 1780 and caused droughts throughout the region. ''Chalisa'' (literally, "of the fortieth" in Hindustani language, Hindustani) refers to ...

of 1783–84, the people abandoned this town, which was repopulated in 1816 during

British raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

, by a person named Rattan Singh (not to be confused with the founder Rattan Nath). The

Maharaja Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...

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constructed a fort here as an outpost. Located at a distance of 12 km from Ratia tehsil, Kunal is one of the oldest pre-Harappan settlements and dates back roughly to the 5th millennium BC. The roughly 6,000-year-old site holds within it a rich legacy and its ties to the past can possibly help trace the history of Haryana and the country. First discovered in 1986, excavations in Kunal have taken place over different seasons starting in 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001-2002 and 2002–2003.

Administration

Ratia is a

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. There are seats in the house fil ...

constituency segment within the Fatehabad

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constituency, and the current representative in the state assembly is

Lakshman Napa Lakshman Napa is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ratia in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is ...

Geography

Ratia is located on the bank of the

about 23 km north of Fatehabad. Ratia has an average elevation of 210 metres (688 feet).

Demographics

India

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, The Ratia Municipal Committee had a population of 37,852 of which 19,937 were males while 17,915 were females. The population of the children, ages 0-6, were 4,683 which is 12.60% of total population of Ratia (MC). Females represented 911 against the state average of 879. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Ratia is around 846 compared to the Haryana state average of 834. The Literacy rate of Ratia is 72.89% which is lower than the state average of 75.55%. Male literacy was around 78.28% while female literacy rate was 67.04%.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071007094803/http://fatehabad.nic.in/banawali_seal.htm {{Fatehabad District Cities and towns in Fatehabad district