Katrathal
| Katrathal कटराथल |
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| Coordinates | 27°54′N 75°12′E / 27.9°N 75.2°ECoordinates: 27°54′N 75°12′E / 27.9°N 75.2°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Sikar |
| Nearest city | Sikar and Nawalgarh |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Climate Temperature |
• 45 – -46 °C (113–-51 °F) |
Katrathal (Hindi: कटराथल) is an ancient historical village in Sikar tehsil of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is situated at a distance of 10 km from Sikar on State Highway No. 8 (Sikar - Jhunjhunu Road).
[edit] History
This ancient village is believed to be founded about 5000 years back. The ruins of Buddhist temples are found in the village. The village derives its name from combination of Sanskrit words Katra (a market surrounded on all sides by walls) + Sthal (place).
There is an ancient Temple of Shree Raghunathji having approx. 350 Bighas agricultural land gifted to Mahant Maharaj with Tamra Patra by Sikar Jagir Rao Raja Shiv Singhji but some Jat communities (especially Garhwals) believe that this temple was prepared by their ancestors. Villagers believe in this temple & its Mahant very much. The village is believed to be associated with the King Kichak. Kichak was the brother of queen of King Virata, the king of Matsya. Kichak was slain by Bhima during one year of incognito exile spent by Pandavas at the court of king Virata.
In the ancient time the village was inhabited by Buddhist people. In later peiod there were Jains, Oswals etc but they migrated elsewhere. Now the village has about 2200 families dwelling in it out of which 1400 families are of Jats. There are 42 Jat gotras dwelling in the village. The biggest gotra is of Garhwal. The other Jat gotras are Khichar, Bhamu, Dorwal, Nehra, Khyalia, Bhakar, Hooda, Fageria, Ola, Jakhar, Jhajharia, Dhayal, Birk, Bhinchar, Achra, Meel, Pachar, Tetarwal, Godara, Nitharwal, Dhaka, Bijarnia, Lamoria, [[Mandiwal],[kumawat]etc.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001, the population of the village is 11,798, out of them 1702 are SC and 29 are ST people.
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