Fatehpur, Barabanki

Fatehpur, Barabanki Fatehpur
City
Tehsil Fatehpur railway station
Fatehpur, Barabanki Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°10′N 81°13′E / 27.17°N 81.22°E / 27.17; 81.22Coordinates: 27°10′N 81°13′E / 27.17°N 81.22°E / 27.17; 81.22
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Barabanki
Government
• Type	Nagar panchayat
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
• Total	39,944
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	225305
Telephone code	05240
Vehicle registration	UP-41
Website	barabanki.nic.in/tehsil/

Fatehpur (Hindi: तहसील फ़तेहपुर, Urdu: تحصیل فتح پور‬‎) is a City in Barabanki district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a Tehsil, Development Block, Police station(Thana) and Nagar Panchayat. It is the biggest town of Barabanki.^[2] Over 15 per cent of the population speak Urdu.^[3]

Geography

Fatehpur is located at 27°10′N 81°13′E / 27.17°N 81.22°E / 27.17; 81.22.^[4] It has an average elevation of 110 metres (360 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[5] Fatehpur had a population of 39,944. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Fatehpur has an average literacy rate of 58.4%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 56%, and female literacy is 47%. In Fatehpur, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Road connectivity

Fatehpur has a very good road connectivity from Lucknow, Barabanki, Mahmoodabad, Burhwal, Dewa, Suratganj, Hetmapur, Rampur Mathura, Lalpur Kirauta. It has a regular bus service from Lucknow and Barabanki which go en route through town stopping of 15 minute at stand nearby railway level crossing to Suratganj, Sudiamau, Belhara all over day initial service from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Town distant from other town and cities
• Lucknow via Barabanki 60 km & via Mati around 50 km
• Barabanki 26 km
• Dewa Shareef 15 km
• Mahmudabad 20 km(16 km via bhagauli)
• Burhwa 21 km
• Belhara 10 km
• Ramnagar 21  km
• Kursi 27 km
• Sihali 12 km
• Trilokpur 16 km
• Sundhiamau 10 km
• Mahadewa Shiv Mandir 23:km

Rail connectivity and related services

Fatehpur railway station is just one kilometer away from town area, block development office(BDO), and Munshiganj. Rickshaws are regularly available during day and nighttime until last train passes away till 9'o clock. It is located on Burhwal-Sitapur chord section Of North Eastern Railway(NER) zone which connects directly to Delhi, Punjab & Jammu via Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Moradabad and has one platform with three running lines including one main line with interlocking signaling system.

• Station have large premises for parking cycle, motorcycle but lacks in area for car parking
• Passenger services is also good with four passengers service from both direction connecting Balamau, Gonda, Shahjahanpur and one express train Satayagraha which runs between Raxaul and Delhi, its services is available in night for Delhi at 8 p.m. and for Raxaul in dawn at 5 a.m. and local service from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Station doesn't have sufficient waiting hall for passenger and shed also doesn't cover entire platform
• Railway station also provides on-line Passenger Reservation System(PRS) facility during morning time.
• Station also handles freight traffic loading unloading of mainly timber woods.

Religion

According to the 2011 Census, the largest religious groupings are Hindus (50.60 per cent), followed by Muslims (49.84 per cent), those who didn't state any religion (0.20 per cent),Jains (0.09 per cent), Sikhs (0.06 per cent), and adherents of other religions (0.01 per cent).

Languages

Among many languages spoken in the Tehsil are Awadhi,Hindi, a vernacular in the Hindi, language (generic)Hindi continuum spoken by over 447K million people, mainly in the Awadh region.

Basic amenities