Fatehpur Khurdਫਤਿਹਪੁਰ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Fatehpur Khurd?

Fatehpur Khurd is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and is served by the Fatehpur--Khurd gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031937, and it covers 122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 517 people in Fatehpur Khurd: 269 men and 248 women, living in 110 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 122 hectares, the population density works out to about 424 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 42, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 329 people, about 64 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.8 per cent and women at 82.22 per cent. The census recorded 164 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 160 main workers, the largest group, 100, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 45 cultivators on their own land and 10 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehpur Khurd's land. Of the village's 122 hectares, 118 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (118 hectares). About 4 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 46 cultivators and 11 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. 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

Fatehpur Khurd is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Moila, Aima Muglan, Moranwali and Kitna.

What is the population of Fatehpur Khurd?

The population of Fatehpur Khurd was 517 at the 2011 census, living in 110 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Fatehpur Khurd have?

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