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Sidhuwal is a Jat Sikh village on the road Patiala Bhadson - approximately six kilometres from Patiala in Patiala tehsil in the Patiala district of the state of Punjab in northwest India.It is located 6 km towards North from District headquarters Patiala and 66 km from State capital Chandigarh It is one of 365 villages in Patiala Block. The village is located at the banks of Bhakra Main Line Canal. The total geographical area of village is 644 hectares. Jasso Wal ( 1 km ), Prem Nagar ( 2 km ), Ranjit Nagar ( 2 km ), Ucha Gaon ( 2 km ), Anand Nagar ( 2 km ) are the nearby Villages to Sidhuwal. Sidhuwal is surrounded by Sanour Tehsil towards East, Nabha Tehsil towards west, Bhuner Heri Tehsil towards South, Ghanaur Tehsil towards East. Patiala, Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib, Gobindgarh, Nabha are the nearby Cities to Sidhuwal.The pin code of Sidhuwal is 147001 and the address of the post office is "Postmaster, Post Office SIDHUWAL (BRANCH OFFICE), PATIALA, PUNJAB (PB), India (IN). Nearby railway station of Sidhuwal is Patiala. STD code is 0175.HistoryOrigin of the name of the village is not known, probably it got its name from the family of Bhaikas which had lot of property in the village. In fact till around 2003–04 the village also had an old fort, which has since been demolished. As per the locals, the last king of Sidhuwal state was Bhai Fateh Jang Singh who was from Bhaika family of Kaithal state. It can also be assumed that the village must have come up in the vicinity of the fort which probably was built in nineteenth century.DemographicsThough the name of the village suggests that it may be predominantly of Sidhu gotra, but majority of the population of the village consists of farmers with Khroud gotra. Punjabi language is spoken by all in the village. As per 2011 census, the village has total population of 2290 with 478 households of which 56% are males (1289) and 44% are females (1001) means sex ratio in the village is skewed as with 777 females per 1000 males. Though residents have now started sending their daughters to schools, still only 53.2% of females are educated as compared to 67.4% of males. Overall literacy rate of the village is 61.2%.