Fatehpur, Rajasthan

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Fatehpur Fatehpur Shekhawati
City
Nickname:  Fatehpur
Fatehpur Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Fatehpur Fatehpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°59′N 74°57′E / 27.98°N 74.95°E / 27.98; 74.95
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Sikar
Government
• Member of Legislative Assembly	usman khokar
Elevation	324 m (1,063 ft)
Population  (2021)
• City	305,638
• Urban	120,000
• Rural	175,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	332301
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-23

Fatehpur is a city in the Sikar district of Indian state Rajasthan. It is part of the Shekhawati region. It is midway between Sikar city and Bikaner on National Highway 52. It is also the land to Havelis built by Marwari Seth's. It also has many Kuldevi Temples of the Agarwal community for Bajoria,Bindal, Saraf, Chamadia, Choudhary, Goenka, Lohia, Singhania, Saraogi, Bhartia Families. It is famous for its extreme weather conditions throughout the year. In winters, the minimum temperature falls below 0 °C at night for many days making it the coldest town in India in non mountainous region. In summer the temperature rises to 50 °C in the afternoon making it one of the hottest places in India. 1985 Bollywood film Ghulami starting Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty and Smita Patil was extensively shot here in many of its havelis and the railway station.