People of Faridabad

People of Faridabad share different ethnicity depending on when they or their ancestors moved to the area. Old Faridabad as the northern part of the city is known is home to people whose families might have been living in the area for centuries as this is the oldest part of the city. The ancestry of people is mostly Jat, Gujars and people from UP and villages in Haryana.

Faridabad NIT built after 1947 which lies west of the Railway tracks is home to a totally different group of people. The share their ancestry with the people of western India(or Modern Day Pakistan). These people could be called Siraki, Mulati, Pishori etc. depending on where their parents came from after the division of India in August, 1947. People here have known to have come from the Pakistani towns and cities of Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bannu, Peshawar and Kohat. People were allotted houses on the condition that they will hold these for 99 years and will pay them off each month. NIT was divided by areas called NH or sectors e.g. Number 1, 2, 3,4 & 5 which in turn had blocks from A to ... depending on how many blocks it had.

Gujars are another group of people who live in and around the Aravalli hills. They have also lived in he hills for centuries and some of whom are quite rich today.

The rapid growth of the city also brought immigrants to the city from other parts of the country. People from UP, villages in and around Faridabad, Rajasthan, Bihar and some from Bengal swelled the population size. It is said that Faridabad was initially planned for 3 lakh people(300, 000) but the total population of the city is well over 20 lakhs today(2 million).

People of Faridabad are very modern owing to an industrialized economy. A reflection of the lifestyle of Delhiites can be seen in Faridabad. A Recent India-Today survey showed that people here are among top ten buyers of healthcare and beauty products in India.

Besides, the city also has a sizeable population of Bengalis. The city comes alive during the Winter Navratras, especially during the Vijay Dashami/Dusshera day when scores of Maa Durga Idols leave for the immersion. Immersion is done at Okhla Barrage at the border of Delhi-UP. In all there are about 10-12 Durga Puja's held every year in the main city, district count easily surpassing 30. Hence it can safely be assumed that there must at least be 70,000 Bengalis in the town. The hard working community has added to the considerable growth of the city as many of them own houses and are the permanent resident of the city. Many of them commute to nearby Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Noida for their livelihood.