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.

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 (shown in the map alongside) 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 22.2868°N, 88.2324°W.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Fatepur had a total population of 8,105 of which 4,117(51%) were males and 3,988 (49%) 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 (87.46% of the population over 6 years).

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 (legume) 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.