A business day in Faridkot
WhatsApp Business API for Faridkot's coaching centres, hostels and guesthouses
Mokalsi built a fort here in the 13th century, and the town took Baba Farid's name. Today it is a health university town, and students, patients' families and fair visitors all write before they arrive.
- 08:00
A lab near the hospital tells a family their report is ready to collect at the counter.
- 11:00
A coaching centre replies to BSc Nursing aspirants asking when the next entrance batch starts.
- 15:00
The centre's fee system sends receipts to students who joined that morning.
- 19:00
A PG hostel near the colleges sends rent reminders to its residents.
- 21:00
In September's fair week, a caterer confirms an Agman Purab order for a visiting family.
For the coaching centres that prepare students for Baba Farid University of Health Sciences' entrance tests, the hostels and PG rooms that house them, the labs and guesthouses around the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College hospital, and the caterers of Agman Purab week: which messages are replies or templates, and what each costs.
See it work
A nursing aspirant joins a Faridkot coaching batch
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences runs entrance tests such as PPMET for BSc Nursing, and coaching centres in the town prepare students for them. Step through one student's messages to see which are replies and which the centre sends as templates.
The student's questions are conversations, so the batch details and the admit-card answer are replies, typed by whoever is at the desk. What the centre sends on its own, the receipt, the timing change and the login code, goes as approved templates from the fee and test system.
The 24-hour service window explains when a reply needs no template.
One student, from the first question to the mock-test code
- AspirantVillage near Faridkot
- Coaching centreShared inbox
- Fee and test systemOver the API
Step 8 of 8Async
Fee and test systemAspirant
Code to sign in to the mock-test app
Authentication template
- Request — solid arrow — a call that expects an answer
- Response — dashed arrow — the answer coming back
- Event — dotted arrow — something happened and is pushed out
- Async — double head — fire-and-forget, nobody waits
Step 8 of 8: Fee and test system to Aspirant — Code to sign in to the mock-test app. Authentication template
Faridkot in eight lines
From the Faridkot district website's history, about and tourist pages, the university's site, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Punjab profile.
The town was founded by Mokalsi, grandson of Raja Manj, who ruled the territory in the 13th century and built a fort here; it was renamed Faridkot after Baba Farid, and remained the capital under Mokalsi's sons Jairsi and Wairsi.[1]
The district lies in south-west Punjab, bordered by Ferozepur, Moga, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Sangrur; in 1996 Faridkot Division was set up with its headquarters at Faridkot, covering Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa districts.[2]
The district headquarters lies on the Firozepur–Bathinda–Delhi railway line, and Faridkot, Kotkapura and Jaitu are linked by rail and road.[2]
The district directory lists BFUHS and GGMC Faridkot among its medical colleges; the university's site carries notices for entrance tests such as PPMET-2026 for BSc Nursing, and names the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot.[2],[4],[5]
The Davies Model Agriculture Farm Gate dates from 1910, when it was a stud farm of the ruler of Faridkot state; the Investiture Gate on Railway Road was built on 24 November 1916; the old Lady Dane Hospital now houses the DMO office.[3]
The fair of the Sufi saint Baba Farid, the Agman Purab, is held every September and runs for about a week; Gurudwara Godari Sahib stands on Kotkapura Road, 4 km from the town.[3]
Invest India's ODOP list names basmati rice and agriculture implements for Faridkot district; the Kotkapura page covers those trades.[6]
IBEF lists pharmaceuticals, agro-based industries and food products among Punjab's key industries.[7]
Who messages what
Who in Faridkot writes to students, patients and visitors
Four kinds of business that grew around the university, the hospital and the fair.
| Sector | What it sends on WhatsApp |
|---|---|
| Entrance coaching centresStudents preparing for the university's entrance tests ask about batches, fees and mock tests, then want receipts and timing changes in writing.[4] |
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| Student hostels and PG roomsStudents at the medical colleges listed in the district need rooms near them, with rent, rules and reminders on their phones.[2] |
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| Labs and guesthouses near the hospitalFamilies of patients at the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital wait on test reports and look for a room close by.[5] |
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| Caterers and guesthouses for Agman Purab weekThe September fair brings visitors for about a week, and families book food and rooms ahead.[3] |
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Punjabi for families, Hindi and English for the campus
Meta approves each template once per language. A Faridkot centre or hostel writes to students and families in Punjabi, keeps Hindi for students from other states, and English for the campus offices.
Inside the 24-hour window after someone writes, staff can reply in any language without a template. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Students' families, patients and fair visitors |
| Hindi | hi | Students and families from outside Punjab |
| English (India) | en_IN | Students who prefer it, receipts and campus offices |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What one student's term costs a Faridkot centre to message
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for each reply to a student's question, ₹0.19 for a fee receipt, timing change or rent reminder, ₹0.14 for a mock-test login code and ₹0.94 for a new-batch offer to opted-in students.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Faridkot · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A Punjabi and an English receipt cost the same ₹0.19; the category sets the rate. InfiQ invoices in rupees with GST to your Punjab GSTIN.
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What a Faridkot centre, hostel or store runs on InfiQ
Matched to the student's sequence.
Nearby
City pages near Faridkot
Neighbouring markets in the Malwa belt of Punjab, nearest first.
Kotkapura, in the same district, has its own page about implement workshops, basmati and Shastri Market, and Muktsar has one about juttis and the Maghi Mela; this one stays with Faridkot's university town. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Faridkot teams
Questions Faridkot businesses ask
Question: BSc Nursing aspirants ask our Faridkot coaching centre about the next batch before the university's entrance test. Are our answers charged as templates?
Answer: No. When the student writes first, batch dates, timings and fees are replies inside the 24-hour window, at ₹0.145 each, with no template needed. A no-code flow can answer the common questions and pass the rest to your desk.
Question: Our centre near the Faridkot health university wants to send each student a fee receipt and any change to class timings. Which category are those?
Answer: Both are utility templates at ₹0.19: they are about a course the student already joined and carry no offer. Your fee system can send them through InfiQ's developer API, included on Growth and an add-on on Lite.
Question: Families of patients at the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College hospital ask our Faridkot guesthouse for rooms. Can we confirm bookings on WhatsApp?
Answer: Yes. Answers to the family's questions are replies at ₹0.145 each. A booking confirmation or a checkout reminder sent later, when the window has closed, is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Punjabi and Hindi.
Question: Our diagnostic lab opposite the Faridkot hospital wants to tell families when a report is ready to collect. Is that a utility message?
Answer: Yes. A report-ready notice is a utility template at ₹0.19; keep the result out of it and ask the family to collect it at the counter. A family's question back is a reply at ₹0.145. Limit who in the lab sees those chats with role-based access. Medicine orders from prescription photos are another matter: Meta's policy does not allow drug sales on WhatsApp.
Question: Families book food from our Faridkot caterer for the Baba Farid Agman Purab fair each September. Can we remind last year's customers before the fair?
Answer: Only customers who agreed to receive offers, with a marketing template at ₹0.94; an order last year is not that agreement. Confirmations for orders already placed are utility, at ₹0.19.
Question: Our PG hostel near the Faridkot colleges houses students from Punjab and other states. Can rent reminders go out in Punjabi and Hindi?
Answer: Yes. Approve a Punjabi (pa) and a Hindi (hi) version of the rent reminder; Meta reviews each separately, and both are utility templates at ₹0.19. Replies to residents who write in need no template, in any language.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]History · District Administration, Faridkot · read 2026-10-21
- [2]About district · District Administration, Faridkot · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Tourist places · District Administration, Faridkot · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Online services home page · Baba Farid University of Health Sciences · read 2026-10-21
- [5]University main site · Baba Farid University of Health Sciences · read 2026-10-21
- [6]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [7]Punjab: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
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