Kot Budhaਕੋਟ ਬੁਧਾ

Where is Kot Budha?

Kot Budha is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and is served by the Kot Budha gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038188, and it covers 695 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,254 people in Kot Budha: 1,190 men and 1,064 women, living in 402 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 695 hectares, the population density works out to about 324 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 288, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 577 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.06 per cent and women at 53.3 per cent. The census recorded 715 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 664 main workers, the largest group, 339, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 185 agricultural labourers and 138 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 51 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Budha's land. Of the village's 695 hectares, 596 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (596 hectares). About 99 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 340 cultivators and 200 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included 2 community health centres. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Budha is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patti, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhaowal, Jalloke, Bahlarke and Gagarke.

What is the population of Kot Budha?

The population of Kot Budha was 2,254 at the 2011 census, living in 402 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Kot Budha have?

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