Fatehpur, Yamunanagar

Fatehpur
फ़तेहपुर
VILLAGE
Fatehpur

Location in Haryana, India

Coordinates: 30°07′27″N 77°20′26″E / 30.124039°N 77.340558°E / 30.124039; 77.340558Coordinates: 30°07′27″N 77°20′26″E / 30.124039°N 77.340558°E / 30.124039; 77.340558
Country  India
State Haryana
District Yamuna Nagar
Tehsil Jagadhri
Government
  Nambardar Naresh Kamboj
Population (2011)
  Total 1,484
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 135101
Telephone code 01732
Vehicle registration HR-02
Sex ratio 1103 /

Fatehpur is a village and gram panchayat [1][2] in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. Also known as Fatehpur-123, it comes under the jurisdiction of Jagadhri tehsil.

History

Fatehpur village came into existence in the mid-19th century. It was founded by Fateh Singh Kamboj, after whom the village is named. It became a gram panchayat and its first appointed nambardar was Ch. Kundan Lal. Fatehpur Gram Panchayat used to consist of two villages namely Fatehpur and Behrampur. But in 2010 Behrampur got its own gram panchayat.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, the village had 301 households with a total population of 1,484 of which 755 were male and 729 female.[3] It is culturally a very diversified village as it is a home to many communities despite being a small village. Kambojs constitutes more than half of the total population. The rest of the population is constituted of Brahmins, Dalits, Banias and a few Muslim Telis.

Infrastructure

Like all other villages of the state, Fatehpur has concrete roads and paved streets. Solar street lights are installed in every corner of the village under the Surya Urja Scheme. There is a government school in the village which provides education up to matriculation standard. It was established in 1983. The village has a post office, an old age home and a veterinary hospital. Separate chaupals have been built for Kambojs and Valmikis. There is also a community hall in the village which is hardly used by anyone.

Gram panchayat

Fatehpur is a gram panchayat. Fatehpur is the only village under this gram panchayat. Nambardar is the government appointed caretaker of the village and is usually the most respected person of the village. The sarpanch is the elected head of this panchayat. Members of the panchayat or panchs are elected every five years along with the sarpanch. Ch. Naresh Kamboj is the present nambardar of Fatehpur and Smt. Mamta Rani was elected sarpanch in 2010.[4]

Jurisdiction

Fatehpur comes under the parliamentary constituency of Ambala and legislative assembly Yamuna Nagar. The present member of parliament is Rattan Lal Kataria and the MLA is Ghanshyam Das. It comes under ward no.11 of Zila Parishad, Yamuna Nagar and ward no.12 of Panchayat Samiti. It is also a part of tehsil Jagadhri.

Eminent residents

References

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