Fatehgarh Sahnianwaliਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਸਹਨਿਆਂਵਾਲੀ

Where is Fatehgarh Sahnianwali?

Fatehgarh Sahnianwali is a village of Sardulgarh tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jhunir community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035939, and it covers 618 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,261 people in Fatehgarh Sahnianwali: 663 men and 598 women, living in 260 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 618 hectares, the population density works out to about 204 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 120, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 512 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.11 per cent and women at 48.24 per cent. The census recorded 578 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 408 main workers, the largest group, 246, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 116 agricultural labourers and 42 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 170 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh Sahnianwali's land. Of the village's 618 hectares, 577 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (565 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (12 hectares). About 31 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 356 cultivators and 156 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Fatehgarh Sahnianwali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Sardulgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lalianwali, Ghuduwala, Bhama Khurd and Jatana Khurd.

What is the population of Fatehgarh Sahnianwali?

The population of Fatehgarh Sahnianwali was 1,261 at the 2011 census, living in 260 households in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh Sahnianwali have?

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