Khatehpura

Khatehpura (खतेहपुरा) is a mdium-size village in Jhunjhunu tahsil & district in Rajasthan.

Founders

According to Census-2011 data, Khatehpura village has the total population of 1678 (of which 867 are males while 811 are females).^[1]

Shriram Gawadia - Martyr of militancy
Ladu Ram Jat (Jitarwal), Veer Chakra (Posthumous), grandfather of Mohana Singh, was a flight gunner in the Aviation Research Centre and is recipient of Vira Chakra Award in 1948 Indo-Pak War. Their family earlier lived in village Papda but now is settled at Khatehpura in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan. ^[2],Unit: 1 Indian Grenadiers, DOB: 28.3.1925, Father: Tulsa Ram, Nomination: 28.9.1942, Award Date 11.2.1948.^[3]

Mohana Singh (Jitarwal) from Khatehpura in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan along with Avani Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth is the first woman fighter pilot inducted in Indian Air Force on 18 June 2016.