About Mehtabkot Village

Mehtabkot is a large village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,099, made up of 1,107 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mehtabkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehtabkot village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Baba Bakala
Pincode	143112
Area (hectares)	585 hectares
Population	2,099
Male Population	1,107
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mehtabkot compares

By the 2011 count Mehtabkot is the 44th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 585 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Mehtabkot

Mehtabkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mehtabkot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mehtabkot from other places

Mehtabkot lies about 36 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Butari, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Mehtabkot
Tehsil headquarters	Baba Bakala	12 km
Nearest railway station	Butari	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	17 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	36 km

Villages closest to Mehtabkot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Mehtabkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehtabkot village had a population of 2,099. That makes it the 44th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Mehtabkot village has 1,107 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehtabkot has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Mehtabkot is 143112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mehtabkot covers 585 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mehtabkot falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Mehtabkot is Butari, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mehtabkot.

Mehtabkot is about 36 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mehtabkot is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Baba Bakala is about 12 km away. Butari is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.