Fatehgarh Niaraਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਨਿਆਰਾ

Where is Fatehgarh Niara?

Fatehgarh Niara is a village of Hoshiarpur tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Hoshiarpur-I community development block and is served by the Fatehgarh--Niara gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031570, and it covers 296 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,281 people in Fatehgarh Niara: 655 men and 626 women, living in 274 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 296 hectares, the population density works out to about 433 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 956 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 125, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 638 people, about 50 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 88.75 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 94.37 per cent and women at 82.98 per cent. The census recorded 372 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 297 main workers, the largest group, 245, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 48 cultivators on their own land and 3 household industry workers. A further 75 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh Niara's land. Of the village's 296 hectares, 142 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (142 hectares). About 66 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 55 cultivators and 6 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 primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Fatehgarh Niara is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Hoshiarpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Haiderwal, Dagana Kalan, Chak Gujran and Dagana Khurd.

What is the population of Fatehgarh Niara?

The population of Fatehgarh Niara was 1,281 at the 2011 census, living in 274 households in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh Niara have?

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