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Where is Fatehgarh?

Fatehgarh is a village of Lehra tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sunam, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sunam community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039880, and it covers 931 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,702 people in Fatehgarh: 1,473 men and 1,229 women, living in 536 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 931 hectares, the population density works out to about 290 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 834 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 320, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,236 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.44 per cent and women at 49.27 per cent. The census recorded 966 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 923 main workers, the largest group, 401, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 303 cultivators on their own land and 196 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 43 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fatehgarh's land. Of the village's 931 hectares, 850 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (676 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (174 hectares). About 81 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 315 cultivators and 424 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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

Fatehgarh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sunam, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Lehra, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khokhar, Phulera, Nangla and Ratta Khera.

What is the population of Fatehgarh?

The population of Fatehgarh was 2,702 at the 2011 census, living in 536 households in Lehra tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Fatehgarh have?

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