Fatehpurਫਤਿਹਪੁਰ

Where is Fatehpur?

Fatehpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Adampur, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Adampur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030305, and it covers 58 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 666 people in Fatehpur: 358 men and 308 women, living in 161 households, an average of about 4.1 people per household. Spread over its 58 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,143 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 860 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 67, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 219 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.51 per cent and women at 77.45 per cent. The census recorded 255 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 249 main workers, the largest group, 188, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 34 cultivators on their own land and 15 household industry workers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehpur's land. Of the village's 58 hectares, 33 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (33 hectares). About 25 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 35 cultivators and 12 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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

Fatehpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Adampur, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khurdpur, Chhatowali, Kariana (Jalandhar I) and Udesian.

What is the population of Fatehpur?

The population of Fatehpur was 666 at the 2011 census, living in 161 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Fatehpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Fatehpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.