Fatehgarh Gujjranਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਗੁੱਜਰਨ

Where is Fatehgarh Gujjran?

Fatehgarh Gujjran is a village in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033387, and it covers 121 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 377 people in Fatehgarh Gujjran: 200 men and 177 women, living in 69 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 121 hectares, the population density works out to about 312 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 40, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 110 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.02 per cent and women at 55 per cent. The census recorded 242 workers, about 64 per cent of the village. Of the 155 main workers, the largest group, 59, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 52 other workers in trade, transport and services and 35 agricultural labourers. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh Gujjran's land. Of the village's 121 hectares, 106 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (106 hectares). About 15 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 62 cultivators and 69 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

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

Fatehgarh Gujjran is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ludhiana East, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Fatehgarh Jattan, Kalis Kalan, Boothgarh Jattan and Bahadurpur.

What is the population of Fatehgarh Gujjran?

The population of Fatehgarh Gujjran was 377 at the 2011 census, living in 69 households in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh Gujjran have?

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