Jaito

Jaitu is a historical city. Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is sub-division in Faridkot district.EtymologyAccording to some accounts, it took its name "Gangsar" from a folk story in which Guru Gobind Singh Ji visited the town and was sitting on a sand dune when he saw a saint crying. He asked the saint why he was crying to which the saint replied that he was crying because he lost his bowl in the Ganges river. After hearing his misfortune, the Guru fired off an arrow which struck the ground and opened a water source there fetching water and his lost bowl from the Ganges river. Later Gurdwaras were constructed on both the sites, on the sand dune where the Guru was sitting and where lake was opened.According to some accounts, it was a small village founded by Baba Jaitu and took its name "Jaitu" from him.DemographicsIndia census, Jaitu had a population of 33,465. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jaitu has an average literacy rate of 62%, lesser than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 56%. In Jaitu, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.GeographyJaitu is in the northwestern region of India and is a part of the Indo-Gangetic alluvial plains which in a macro regional context forms a part of great Satluj Ganga plain. The exact cartographic co-ordinates of Jaitu are. It has an average elevation of 201 metres (660 ft). The surrounding districts are Muktsar, Bathinda, Moga and Barnala in Punjab and Sirsa in Haryana. The boundary of the state of Rajasthan is also under an hour's drive from Jaitu.