Fatehgarh Shukarchakਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਸ਼ੁਕਰਚਕ

Where is Fatehgarh Shukarchak?

Fatehgarh Shukarchak is a village of Amritsar II tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Amritsar, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Verka community development block and is served by the Fatehgarh--Shukarchak gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037607, and it covers 911 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,274 people in Fatehgarh Shukarchak: 2,794 men and 2,480 women, living in 1,024 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 911 hectares, the population density works out to about 579 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 888 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 604, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3,037 people, about 58 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.48 per cent and women at 65.39 per cent. The census recorded 1,945 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,569 main workers, the largest group, 709, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 492 agricultural labourers and 346 cultivators on their own land. A further 376 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh Shukarchak's land. Of the village's 911 hectares, 730 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (297 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (433 hectares). About 181 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 15 hours a day. The census recorded 352 cultivators and 665 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Fatehgarh Shukarchak is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Amritsar, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amritsar II, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Othian (Amritsar II), Mahanian Koharan, Pandori Waraich and Jagatpur Bajaj.

What is the population of Fatehgarh Shukarchak?

The population of Fatehgarh Shukarchak was 5,274 at the 2011 census, living in 1,024 households in Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh Shukarchak have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Fatehgarh Shukarchak has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.