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Faridkot is a small city and a municipal council in Faridkot district in the state of Punjab, India.Its a division with headquarter at Faridkot consists of three Districts Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa. There are 8 Sub Divisions, 8 Tehsils and 9 Sub-Tehsils within these Districts.Total area of the District is 1475.70 Sq. K.M. Prior to independence large part of the district was under the princely rule of Maharaja Faridkot and later it became part of the Patiala & East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) in 1948. Faridkot was carved out as a separate district on 7th August 1972 out of the areas of Bathinda District (Faridkot Tehsil) and Ferozepur District (Moga and Muktsar Tehsils). However in November 1995, the Faridkot District was trifurcated when two of its sub divisions viz Muktsar and Moga were given the status of independent districts. This is a town and district that works very hard to be corruption free, with a transparent government administration. Faridkot also is the very first town within the district and state of Punjab to provide facilities for video conferencing.
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