Fatehpur is a

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in the Pundri tehsil of

Kaithal district Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km2. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of Karnal divi ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. Earlier it formed part of the

Kurukshetra Kurukshetra (, ) is a city and administrative headquarter of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty ") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita". Legends According to the Pura ...

and

Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between ...

districts. The population of Fatehpur village was 15,787 in 2011, which was almost five times the average size for villages in the district. The infrastructure is well-developed, including a nearby power station. Fatehpur is famous for its Mata Devi shrine The village is also known colloquially as Fatehpur-Pundri for the adjoining town of

Pundri Pundri is a City and a municipal committee, near Kaithal City in Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all Hindus. Pundri is the seat of a Tehsil ...

. Near by village Pundri Rural.

Language

The native language of Fatehpur is Hindi, Punjabi and most of the village people speak Hindi, Punjabi. Fatehpur people use Hindi, Punjabi language for communication.

Education

Pundri has many schools and colleges. A government school that exists is called the Rural College of Agriculture

Notables

Dinesh Kaushik (politician) Dinesh Kaushik (born 13 April 1960) is an independent politician and current Member of Legislative Assembly in Haryana, India. He represents Pundri constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Career Author and academic D. C. Verma, in ...

, current MLA of Pundri Constituency and Brahmin leader of Haryana

References

External links

Kaithal district, official website
Villages in Kaithal district {{Haryana-geo-stub