Basant Kotਬਸਂਟ ਕੋਟ

Where is Basant Kot?

Basant Kot is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028883, and it covers 215 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 963 people in Basant Kot: 499 men and 464 women, living in 188 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 215 hectares, the population density works out to about 448 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 930 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 108, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 74 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.28 per cent and women at 70.64 per cent. The census recorded 269 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 258 main workers, the largest group, 121, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 104 other workers in trade, transport and services and 30 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Basant Kot's land. Of the village's 215 hectares, 197 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (191 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (6 hectares). About 18 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 124 cultivators and 30 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Basant Kot is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shah Shamas, Dhianpur, Maman and Khaira Sultan.

What is the population of Basant Kot?

The population of Basant Kot was 963 at the 2011 census, living in 188 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Basant Kot have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Basant Kot has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.