Fatehpur Kanianਫਤਿਹਪੁਰ ਕਨਿਆਂ

Where is Fatehpur Kanian?

Fatehpur Kanian is a village in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034118, and it covers 281 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 501 people in Fatehpur Kanian: 253 men and 248 women, living in 83 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 281 hectares, the population density works out to about 178 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 980 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 53, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 388 people, about 77 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.66 per cent and women at 66.22 per cent. The census recorded 154 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 153 main workers, the largest group, 78, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 59 agricultural labourers and 15 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehpur Kanian's land. Of the village's 281 hectares, 255 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (255 hectares). About 26 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 78 cultivators and 59 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 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 Kanian is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nasirewala, Kanian Kalan, Roshanwala and Kanian Khurd.

What is the population of Fatehpur Kanian?

The population of Fatehpur Kanian was 501 at the 2011 census, living in 83 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Fatehpur Kanian have?

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