Nangal Fateh Khanਨਂਗਲ ਫਤਿਹ ਖਾਨ

Where is Nangal Fateh Khan?

Nangal Fateh Khan is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030265, and it covers 231 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 801 people in Nangal Fateh Khan: 391 men and 410 women, living in 184 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 231 hectares, the population density works out to about 347 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1049 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 58, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 231 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.33 per cent and women at 80.16 per cent. The census recorded 289 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 174 main workers, the largest group, 88, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 85 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 115 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Fateh Khan's land. Of the village's 231 hectares, 204 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (202 hectares). About 27 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 89 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, 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Fateh Khan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 8 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 Sarnana, Budhiana, Kotli Than Singh and Naurangpur.

What is the population of Nangal Fateh Khan?

The population of Nangal Fateh Khan was 801 at the 2011 census, living in 184 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Nangal Fateh Khan have?

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