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About Fatehpur Kalan Village

Fatehpur Kalan is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 163 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Fatehpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fatehpur Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144527
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 332
Male Population 163
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Fatehpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Fatehpur Kalan is the 242nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Fatehpur Kalan

The census records public bus service for Fatehpur Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Fatehpur Kalan from other places

Fatehpur Kalan lies about 42 km from Hoshiarpur. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Fatehpur Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 1.8 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 9.6 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 42 km

Villages closest to Fatehpur Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Fatehpur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Fatehpur Kalan village had a population of 332. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Fatehpur Kalan village has 163 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fatehpur Kalan has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Fatehpur Kalan is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Fatehpur Kalan covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Fatehpur Kalan falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Fatehpur Kalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Fatehpur Kalan.

Fatehpur Kalan is about 42 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fatehpur Kalan is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 1.8 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.6 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Rawal Pindi (under 2 km) and Mohanwal (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Fatehpur Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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