Garhi Fateh Khanਗੜ੍ਹੀ ਫਤਿਹ ਖਾਨ

Where is Garhi Fateh Khan?

Garhi Fateh Khan is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rahon, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nawanshahr community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032284, and it covers 240 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 887 people in Garhi Fateh Khan: 467 men and 420 women, living in 170 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 240 hectares, the population density works out to about 370 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 899 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 121, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 407 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.08 per cent and women at 75.77 per cent. The census recorded 261 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 258 main workers, the largest group, 194, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 36 cultivators on their own land and 26 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Garhi Fateh Khan's land. Of the village's 240 hectares, 227 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (227 hectares). About 13 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 37 cultivators and 26 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Garhi Fateh Khan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rahon, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Udhowal, Ratnana, Kahlon and Hussainpur.

What is the population of Garhi Fateh Khan?

The population of Garhi Fateh Khan was 887 at the 2011 census, living in 170 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Garhi Fateh Khan have?

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