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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Garhi Fateh Khan
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.0181387|N|76.0958854|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 355
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 887<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35298|title=Garhi Fateh Khan Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 467/421 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144517
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01823
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Rahon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|nawanshahr.nic.in}}
}}

'''Garhi Fateh Khan''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|3.7|km}} away from postal head office Rahon, {{convert|13.4|km}} from [[Nawanshahr]], {{convert|13|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|87|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Garhi Fateh Khan has a total number of 170 houses and population of 887 of which 467 include are males while 420 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Garhi Fateh Khan is 82.38%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 121 which is 13.64% of total population of Garhi Fateh Khan, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 1161 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 45.89% of total population in Garhi Fateh Khan. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 261 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Garhi Fateh Khan which includes 239 males and 22 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.85% workers describe their work as main work and 1.15% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded in 1981.<ref name="SBSNP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/gms-garhi-fateh-khan/03060402902|title=Details about GMS Garhi Fateh Khan School|work=icbse.com}}</ref> The schools does not provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]]. The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act]]. KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.<ref name="SBSNP" /> Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is {{convert|14|km}} and [[Lovely Professional University]] is {{convert|58|km}} away from the village.

== Transport ==
Rahon railway station is the nearest (4.0 kilometres) train station however, [[Nawanshar]] Junction railway station is 11.7 km away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|45.2|km}} away in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is {{convert|168|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Garhi+Fateh+Khan,+Punjab/Nawanshahr+Railway+Station,+Railway+Road,+Guru+Ravidas+Nagar,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Garhi+Fateh+Khan,+Punjab/Garhshankar+Junction,+Garhshankar-Hoshiarpur+Road,+Garhshankar,+Punjab/Garhi+Fateh+Khan,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Garhi+Fateh+Khan,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Ajnala+Rd,+Rajasansi,+Amritsar,+Punjab+143101/@31.2760533,74.9400889,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aa2f23458a4db:0xf2930ff5782f7583!2m2!1d76.1116997!2d31.023397!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abdc00733d547:0xb47c552bf41ad7ec!2m2!1d76.1089072!2d31.1216023!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aa2f23458a4db:0xf2930ff5782f7583!2m2!1d76.1116997!2d31.023397!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abf70c8ccbed7:0xe1194be2a5ffb5d8!2m2!1d76.1385636!2d31.2240694!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aa2f23458a4db:0xf2930ff5782f7583!2m2!1d76.1116997!2d31.023397!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391aa2f23458a4db:0xf2930ff5782f7583!2m2!1d76.1116997!2d31.023397!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Garhi Fateh Khan (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201629/http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231343/http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]

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