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Sadiq (town)

village of Faridkot district

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ25624058
Source-derived summary

Sadiq (Punjabi: ਸਾਦਿਕ) is a town and a sub-tehsil in Faridkot district of Punjab. It is 18 km (11 mi) from Faridkot City, 26 km (16 mi) from Ferozepur, 27 km (17 mi)from Sri Muktsar Sahib and 20 km (12 mi) from Guru Har Sahai. This tehsil includes 71 villages.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, it had a population of 7,384, of which 3,852 were males and 3,532 were females, with total 1,435 families residing. The total geographical area of village is 1287 hectares. Its pin code is 151212.

Editorial summary

“Sadiq (town)” enters the record as village of Faridkot district. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sadiq, town and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1287—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sadiq, town and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Sadiq (town)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sadiq, town and village provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25624058. Authority coordinates are 30.713, 74.581. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1287.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sadiq (town)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sadiq (town) primary sources, Sadiq (town) archive and Sadiq research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sadiq (town)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from Sadiq (town)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.