Raikot is a city and municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Ludhiana district

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

 in Indian state

States and territories of India

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 of Punjab

Punjab (India)

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History

Raikot, the walled city,[see Reference] was founded by Rai Ahmad in 1648.[see Reference]

One story about the leader of the city Rai Kalha III, the Muslim Rajput chief of Raikot, says that he once had the opportunity to offer his hospitality to Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...

, the founder of Sikhism

Sikhism

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, in 1705, at the risk of losing everything, including his life and that of his family. In appreciation and gratitude,Guru Gobind Singh gave him a Ganga Sagar, a sword, and a wooden rehel (used for reading religious scriptures) as personal gifts for his brevity and courage.[see References- Kalha Rai]

During the era of the British Raj

British Raj

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, the Kuka movement in August 1871 led to the hanging of three persons in the city for trying to get cow slaughter houses closed.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census, Raikot had a population of 24,738. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Raikot has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. Population is a mixture of Hindu

Hindu

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s, Sikh

Sikh

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s, Jains and Muslim

Muslim

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Geography

Raikot is located at 30.65°N 75.6°E. It has an average elevation of 235 metre

Metre

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s (770 feet).