Chak Fateh Khanਚੱਕ ਫਤਿਹ ਖਾਨ

Where is Chak Fateh Khan?

Chak Fateh Khan is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 21 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037229, and it covers 95 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 133 people in Chak Fateh Khan: 68 men and 65 women, living in 27 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 95 hectares, the population density works out to about 140 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 956 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 10, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 22 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.03 per cent and women at 70.49 per cent. The census recorded 37 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 37 main workers, the largest group, 32, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 5 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Fateh Khan's land. Of the village's 95 hectares, 84 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (84 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 32 cultivators and 5 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Fateh Khan is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 21 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shahpur, Miadi Khurd and Alampur.

What is the population of Chak Fateh Khan?

The population of Chak Fateh Khan was 133 at the 2011 census, living in 27 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chak Fateh Khan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Fateh Khan has a government secondary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.