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Where is Garhi Fazil?

Garhi Fazil is a village in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033419, and it covers 253 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 556 people in Garhi Fazil: 291 men and 265 women, living in 102 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 253 hectares, the population density works out to about 220 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 76, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 9 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.23 per cent and women at 60.18 per cent. The census recorded 176 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 175 main workers, the largest group, 77, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 61 agricultural labourers and 22 cultivators on their own land. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives no net sown area figure for Garhi Fazil, whose total area is 253 hectares. About 152 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 22 cultivators and 61 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Garhi Fazil is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ludhiana East, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shekhewal, Machhian Kalan, Haidar Nagar and Machhian Khurd.

What is the population of Garhi Fazil?

The population of Garhi Fazil was 556 at the 2011 census, living in 102 households in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Garhi Fazil have?

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