Fatehpur is a town in

Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Ayodhya division in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq.&n ...

in the state of

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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

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, the state capital.

Geography

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

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Demographics

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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

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serves as the additional official language.

Government and politics

Administration

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

Block Panchayat Fatehpur

Block Panchayat Fatehpur has 86 Village Panchayats, they are

Utilities

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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Transportation

By road

Fatehpur has connectivity to

, Barabanki, Mahmoodabad, Ramnagar, Dewa, Suratganj, Hetmapur, Rampur Mathura, Lalpur Karauta. It has regular bus service from

and Barabanki.

By rail

Tehsil 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

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and

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via

Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was establi ...

, Rampur,

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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

References

External links

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Uttar Pradesh statistics

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