Village · Bahadurpur, Darbhanga
# Fatehpur

Fatehpur is a village in Bahadurpur sub-district of Darbhanga district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 884 people in 172 households, the 89th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 28.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.
- 884 people (2011)
- 172 households
- 28.5% literacy
- 849 females per 1,000 males

## Fatehpur PIN code and other codes

Fatehpur falls in Bahadurpur sub-district, Darbhanga district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Pirdi
- Community development block Bahadurpur
- Census village code 227423

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Fatehpur from nearby towns?
- Bahadurpur (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Darbhanga (district HQ) 10 km by road
- Darbhanga (nearest town) 10 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Fatehpur?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Fatehpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Laheriasarai
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Ram Nagar
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Fatehpur known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 73% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Fatehpur

Of every 100 households in Fatehpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Fatehpur · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 36% 22%
- Toilet within the home 1% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 74%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 39%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 88%
- Use banking services 15% 44%
- Television 1% 13%
- Mobile phone 18% 51%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 54% 26%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Fatehpur?

■ Fatehpur · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 28.5% 57.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 849 891
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 949 907
- Working population 25.7% 29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.3% for men and 16.7% for women. 43% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 15 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 151 (67%) · ■ Marginal 56 (25%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bahadurpur
- Pokhar Bhinda 1,019 people
- Ahmad Sujawal 999 people
- Jagdispur 961 people
- Ballupur 903 people
- Gopipatti 883 people
- Balia 813 people
- Salaha 779 people
- Shahpur 749 people

All 171 villages in Bahadurpur

## Quick answers
- How far is Fatehpur from Darbhanga? 10 km by road
- What is the population of Fatehpur? 884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fatehpur in? Darbhanga district (Bahadurpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Fatehpur? 28.5% (Census 2011)

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