[1][2] It is situated 11.5 km (7.1 mi) away from Fatehgarh Sahib, which is both district and sub-district headquarters for Hansali village.

[citation needed] Neighbouring the village are the surrounding locations of Fatehgarh Sahib and Sirhind tehsils, both to the west, Bassi Pathana to the north, and Rajpura to the east.

[3]: maps Baba Ajit Singh Hansaliwale Sahib (c. 1936 – 1 January 2015)[6][7][a] made his home in Hansali for many years, until his death on the first day of 2015.

[7] A widely-known and revered Sikh figure,[8] and a Nirmala devotee, the Baba Sahib was head of the Nirmal Dera trust.

The trust sets up community resources and runs charitable projects, including a free hospital, a school, and a girls' college and hostel on the Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus.