Fazilpurਫਜ਼ਿਲਪੁਰ

Where is Fazilpur?

Fazilpur is a village of Khadur Sahib tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khadur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038312, and it covers 281 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 927 people in Fazilpur: 484 men and 443 women, living in 194 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 281 hectares, the population density works out to about 330 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 112, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 337 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.9 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.63 per cent and women at 70.71 per cent. The census recorded 303 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 295 main workers, the largest group, 136, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 116 agricultural labourers and 41 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fazilpur's land. Of the village's 281 hectares, 243 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (243 hectares). About 38 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 138 cultivators and 121 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Fazilpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Patti, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Khadur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jawandpur, Mian Wind and Jallala Bad.

What is the population of Fazilpur?

The population of Fazilpur was 927 at the 2011 census, living in 194 households in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Fazilpur have?

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