Fatehgarh Cantt | |
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Town | |
  Fatehgarh Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates:27°22′N79°38′E / 27.37°N 79.63°E /27.37; 79.63 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Farrukhabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Cantonment Board |
| • Body | Cantonment Board |
| Area | |
• Town | 28.86 km2 (11.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Town | 276,581 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 552,335 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 209601 |
| Telephone code | 05692 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 76 |
| Sex ratio | 842/1000♂/♀ |
Fatehgarh is acantonment town inFarrukhabad district in the state ofUttar Pradesh,India. Located on the south bank of theGanges 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. Asia's largest potato market is located in Farrukhabad. It contains a largeIndian Army establishment in the form of theRajput Regimental Centre, 114 Infantry BattalionTA and theSikh Light Infantry Center.
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[update] Indiacensus,[2] Fatehgarh had a population of 14,682, males constituting 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.
| Climate data for Fatehgarh (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) | 34.9 (94.8) | 39.7 (103.5) | 43.1 (109.6) | 47.7 (117.9) | 48.8 (119.8) | 44.7 (112.5) | 39.8 (103.6) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.4 (102.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.4 (97.5) | 48.8 (119.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.6 (76.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 37.5 (99.5) | 40.5 (104.9) | 39.7 (103.5) | 34.9 (94.8) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 31.7 (89.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | 2.1 (35.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9.9 (0.39) | 13.0 (0.51) | 9.0 (0.35) | 6.1 (0.24) | 17.6 (0.69) | 63.4 (2.50) | 170.4 (6.71) | 167.1 (6.58) | 137.0 (5.39) | 31.4 (1.24) | 1.4 (0.06) | 5.0 (0.20) | 631.2 (24.85) |
| Average rainy days | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 32.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 67 | 59 | 49 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 61 | 55 | 62 | 58 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[3] | |||||||||||||
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