Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwalaਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਨੌਆਬਾਦ ਅਲੀਆਸ ਬਹਮਨੀਵਾਲਾ

Where is Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala?

Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala is a village of Moonak tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khanauri, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Andana community development block and is served by the Bahmniwala gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039944, and it covers 435 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,115 people in Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala: 577 men and 538 women, living in 187 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 435 hectares, the population density works out to about 256 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 128, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 159 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.02 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.39 per cent and women at 55.14 per cent. The census recorded 441 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 431 main workers, the largest group, 308, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 84 other workers in trade, transport and services and 35 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala's land. Of the village's 435 hectares, 385 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (271 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (114 hectares). About 49 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 311 cultivators and 37 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khanauri, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Moonak, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gobindgarh Alias Mahan Singhwala, Bhulan, Harigarh Gehlan and Ramgarh Gujran.

What is the population of Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala?

The population of Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala was 1,115 at the 2011 census, living in 187 households in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.