Kot Bakhtaਕੋਟ ਬਖਟਾ

Where is Kot Bakhta?

Kot Bakhta is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028654, and it covers 52 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 468 people in Kot Bakhta: 245 men and 223 women, living in 101 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 52 hectares, the population density works out to about 900 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 42, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 97 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.41 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.45 per cent and women at 67.96 per cent. The census recorded 161 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 144 main workers, the largest group, 87, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 42 other workers in trade, transport and services and 12 agricultural labourers. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Bakhta's land. Of the village's 52 hectares, 45 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (45 hectares). About 7 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 98 cultivators and 13 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Bakhta is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Batala, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Zahadpur, Jaitu Sarja, Ladhu Bhana and Sheikhwan.

What is the population of Kot Bakhta?

The population of Kot Bakhta was 468 at the 2011 census, living in 101 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Kot Bakhta have?

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