Fatehpur Jattan

Geography

The village is surrounded by the curvy bend of Bhakhra Canal, it is around 50 kilometres from Chandigarh-the capital of Punjab, 50 km from Patiala-academic city of Punjab, and about 68 km from Ludhiana-industrial city of Punjab.

The canal covers East and South side of the village completely, thus blocking access from both sides. The nearest bridges to canal are at Doomchheri (4 km Northeast of village) and at Thablan (3 km Southwest of village).

Demographics

As of 2001 it had a population of 828 in 127 households, and the main profession of people is agriculture only. The literacy rate is not very high, and very few people are in government jobs. The population mainly consists of Sikhs, followed by around 20 Muslim families. There used to be couple of Hindu families as well, but all of them recently migrated to cities for better financial prospects.

Employment

Major population of village is farming community, heavily depending upon income from crops like wheat, paddy and sugarcane. Milk production is also secondary profession of many farmers, and a milk collection point is being operated by a cooperative society. A small number of people go out to nearby towns/cities for private and government jobs. A number of people also go to foreign countries to earn a livelihood.

Religion

Most of the villagers are God-fearing religious people and believes in GOD, as supported by various worship places in the village. There is Gurudwara sahib in centre of the village where people of all religions go for fulfilling their wishes and near to it Baba Jeon Shah Ji Barote Wala (An annual assembly followed by Qawali takes place every year in June). On the south of village is a Kutia of a popular Sant baba Bhola Singh ji and near to it, a new mosque has been constructed recently. On western end is Baba Kadhe Shah Morh wala, and on Eastern side is Babe Shaheed.

Transport

The nearest bus station and railway station is at Nogawan, nearest Sr secondary schools are at Khantmanpur and Nogawan, nearest towns are Morinda, Sanghol(Ucha Pind), Khamanon and Bassi Pathana. Recently, Fatehpur has been well connected to neighbouring villages Shadipur, Panjkoha and Gandhuan by roads.

Education

The village houses a government middle school which has been recently upgraded from primary school. Now due to better transport system and increased density of private schools, many children are attending private schools in nearby cities.

The dropout rate for education is quite high. People have to travel at least 3–5 miles for attending higher education, and have to go to major cities like Patiala or Chandigarh in order to get degree education.