Fatehpur Bhagwanਫਤਿਹਪੁਰ ਭਗਵਾਨ

Where is Fatehpur Bhagwan?

Fatehpur Bhagwan is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lohian Khas community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029703, and it covers 352 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 539 people in Fatehpur Bhagwan: 289 men and 250 women, living in 92 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 352 hectares, the population density works out to about 153 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 865 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 56, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 95 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.59 per cent and women at 66.67 per cent. The census recorded 176 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 174 main workers, the largest group, 134, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 22 agricultural labourers and 16 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehpur Bhagwan's land. Of the village's 352 hectares, 282 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (282 hectares). About 70 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 134 cultivators and 24 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 Bhagwan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Lohian Khass, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gatti Raipur, Samailpur (Shahkot), Janian Chahal and Gadaipur.

What is the population of Fatehpur Bhagwan?

The population of Fatehpur Bhagwan was 539 at the 2011 census, living in 92 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Fatehpur Bhagwan have?

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