Fatehgarh

A pond of a village in Fatehgarh

Fatehgarh फ़तेहगढ़
Town
Fatehgarh Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°22′N 79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E / 27.37; 79.63Coordinates: 27°22′N 79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E / 27.37; 79.63
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Farrukhabad
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
• Body	Nagar Palika
Area
• Total	28.86 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	14,682
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	209601
Telephone code	05692
Vehicle registration	UP 764
Sex ratio	842/1000 ♂/♀

Fatehgarh is a cantonment town in Farrukhabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the south bank of the Ganges River. It is the administrative headquarters of Farrukhabad District. Fatehgarh derives its name from an old fort. It is a small city with no significant industrial activity. The Indian Army has a big establishment there in the form of The Rajput Regimental Center, 114 Infantry Battalion TA and The Sikh Light Infantry Center.

Demographics

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Farrukhabad-cum-Fategarh urban agglomeration had a population of 290,540, out of which males were 154,630 and females were 135,910. The literacy rate was 75.60 per cent.^[1]

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Fatehgarh had a population of 14,682. Males constitute 60% of the population and females 40%. Fatehgarh has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 65%. In Fatehgarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notables

Justice Surendra Vikram Singh Rathore (Judge at Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow )

Mriganka Sur (Newton Professor of Neuroscience, head of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and director of the Simons Initiative on Autism and the Brain at MIT)

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