Fatehpur is a town in

Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division''), in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of ...

in the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

in India. It is also a

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and

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. It is the second biggest urban area of the district after Barabanki city. It is about 35 km north-east of

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divisio ...

, the state capital. Yugantar Inter College is situated here.

Geography

Fatehpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 140 metres (460

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Demographics

India

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, Fatehpur (NP) had a population of 35,582, of which males were 18,649 and females 16,933. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 4,963. The total number of literates in Fatehpur was 20,956, which constituted 58.9% of the population with male literacy of 61.6% and female literacy of 55.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Barabanki was 68.4%, of which male literacy rate was 71.6% and female literacy rate was 65.1%. The Scheduled Caste population was 1,767 and the total number of households was 5617.

Languages

Hindi is the official language of Fatehpur while

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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serves as the additional official language.

Administration

Fatehpur tehsil has three Block Panchayats, they are: # Fatehpur # Nindura # Suratganj

Block Panchayat Fatehpur

Block Panchayat Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ...

Fatehpur has 86

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, they are

Transportation

By road

Fatehpur has connectivity to Lucknow, Barabanki, Mahmoodabad, Burhwal, Dewa, Suratganj, Hetmapur, Rampur Mathura, Lalpur Karauta. It has regular bus service from Lucknow and Barabanki.

By rail

Fatehpur railway station is two kilometres away from the town area, block development office (BDO), and Munshiganj. It is located on Burhwal-Sitapur chord section Of North Eastern Railway (NER) zone which connects directly to Delhi, Punjab and Jammu via Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Moradabad and has one platform with three running lines including one main line with interlocking signaling system.

Education

* Awadh College Of Pharmacy * Govt. Polytechnic, Kursi Road

Health services

Tehsil Fatehpur has five Health centres, three Primary health centres and seven Sub-centres.

Energy park programme

Fatehpur was identified in 2006 as an area for development under the Non-Conventional Energy program of the Non-Conventional Energy Development Agency (Neda).NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NEDA) U.P.
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References

External links

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Uttar Pradesh statistics

{{Barabanki district Cities and towns in Barabanki district