About Basant Kot Village

Basant Kot is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 499 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basant Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant Kot village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode	143511
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	499
Female Population	464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basant Kot compares

By the 2011 count Basant Kot is the 46th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Basant Kot

Basant Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basant Kot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basant Kot from other places

Basant Kot lies about 25 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Chhina, about 13 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 Basant Kot
Nearest railway station	Chhina	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Baba Nanak	14 km
Nearest town	Dhāriwāl	16 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	25 km

Villages closest to Basant Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Basant Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant Kot village had a population of 963. That makes it the 46th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Basant Kot village has 499 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant Kot has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Basant Kot is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basant Kot covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basant Kot falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basant Kot is Chhina, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basant Kot.

Basant Kot is about 25 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant Kot is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Chhina is about 13 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 14 km away. Dhāriwāl is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.