Fatehpur, Haryana

Fatehpur
फ़तेहपुर
VILLAGE
Fatehpur

Location in Haryana, India

Coordinates: 30°07′27″N 77°20′26″E / 30.124039°N 77.340558°ECoordinates: 30°07′27″N 77°20′26″E / 30.124039°N 77.340558°E
Country  India
State Haryana
District Yamuna Nagar
Government
 • Nambardar Kishori Lal Kamboj
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,424
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 135101
Telephone code 01732
Vehicle registration HR-02
Sex ratio 1103 ♂/♀

Fatehpur (Hindi: फ़तेहपुर) is a gram panchayat [1][2] in Yamuna Nagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Fatehpur-123. It comes under the jurisdiction of tehsil Jagadhri.

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

Fatehpur has a population of nearly 1424 people,[3] out of which 1000 are more than 18 years old. 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. Kishori Lal 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 Kumari Selja and the MLA is Dilbagh Singh. 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

Both of these are related to Ch. Kishori Lal; Naresh Kamboj is his son and Rajender Kamboj is his nephew.

References

  1. ↑ http://yamunanagar.nic.in/g/dwd/01Vil.pdf
  2. ↑ http://yamunanagar.nic.in/g/dwd/f2011/sarp/01.pdf
  3. ↑ Census Committee (2001). "Govt. of India Census-2001". Govt. of India Census-2001.
  4. ↑ http://yamunanagar.nic.in/g/Latest/pres.pdf
  5. ↑ http://harenvironment.gov.in/html/notifications/State%20Environment%20Protection%20Council.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.lupinworld.com/people.htm