Bassiਬੱਸੀ

Where is Bassi?

Bassi is a village in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and is served by the Bassi Jerkhelan Kheri gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032590, and it covers 1,446 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 607 people in Bassi: 327 men and 280 women, living in 117 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,446 hectares, the population density works out to about 42 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 856 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 37, about 6 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.89 per cent and women at 79.55 per cent. The census recorded 196 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 190 main workers, the largest group, 177, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 13 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bassi's land. Of the village's 1,446 hectares, 1,168 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (6 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,162 hectares). About 278 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 182 cultivators and 0 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bassi is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shahidgarh, Rasulpur, Fatehpur Raian and Mandlan.

What is the population of Bassi?

The population of Bassi was 607 at the 2011 census, living in 117 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Bassi have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bassi has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.