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Garhi Harsaru is a town and railway station in Gurgaon district of Haryana state in India. It lies on the road from Gurgaon city to Pataudi town. Its postal code (PIN) is 122505. According to the Census India 2011, it has a population of about 7894 persons of which 4216 are males while 3678 are females living in around 1539 households.^[1] The population of children with age of 0-6 is 1068 which is 13.53 % of total population of Garhi Harsaru (CT). In Garhi Harsaru Census Town, Female Sex Ratio is of 872 against state average of 879. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Garhi Harsaru is around 783 compared to Haryana state average of 834. Literacy rate of Garhi Harsaru city is 85.16 % higher than state average of 75.55 %. In Garhi Harsaru, Male literacy is around 93.48 % while female literacy rate is 75.79 %. The name is a combination of two villages, Garhi, dominated by Brahmin,Jangid Brahmin & Other like Saini, Ahir community, and Harsaru which has majority of Rajputs.The village is also famous for football and the village community has been organising open national tournament since independence of India .The village also have famous coach and footballer like Chander Prakash Saini who is popular in Haryana and is also kwown as Babbu Sarpanch. Babbu is a NIS patiala qualified football coach and referee.He was the first player from Gurgaon district to play Santosh trophy. He has played an important role in shaping and grooming of youth of the village into good sportsman.Both his son are also national level player and one of them is officer in Indian Army.

History

Garhi is the Hindi word for fortress. Garhi Harsaru is named after Rajput Ruler Harsh Dev Singh Chauhan, one of the 21 sons of Raja Sangat Singh Chauhan, who set himself up here in 1360 Vikram Samvat.

Raja Sangat was the great grandson of Chahir Deo, brother of famous Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan^[2] (See Page 64 of this reference).

Growth

After conversion of the railway track from metre gauge to broad gauge the railway junction has gained considerable importance. A large inland container depot has been set up near Garhi Harsaru Junction railway station and serves as a hub for transhipment of containers from and to Bombay port and seaports on the west coast of India in Gujarat. Private ports of Gujarat and large transporters have also constructed container depots here.

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References

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2. ^{{cite book|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|author1=Elliot, H.M.|author2=Beames, J.|date=1869|publisher=Trübner & co.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKZJAAAAMAAJ|page=82|accessdate=2015-03-19}}