Fatepur, Falta


Fatepur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision there are 11 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5-6 metres above sea level. Archaeological excavations at Deulpota and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Location

Fatepur is located at.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Fatepur had a total population of 8,105 of which 4,117 were males and 3,988 were females. There were 617 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Fatepur was 6,549.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Fatepur covered an area of 2.7588 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved uncovered wells and hand pumps. It had 806 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Diamond Harbour 13 km away. Three important commodities it produced were: rice, dal and oil.

Transport

Fatepur is on the National Highway 12.

Education

Fatepur Srinath Institution is a higher secondary institution.
Tatini Balika Bidyapith is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Healthcare

Falta Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Falta, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.