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Fatehpur
Fatehpur Shekhawati | |
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City | |
| Nickname: Fatehpur | |
  Fatehpur Location in Rajasthan, India  Fatehpur Fatehpur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°59′N 74°57′E / 27.98°N 74.95°E | |
| 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.