About Basarke Village

Basarke is a large village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,463, made up of 1,275 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 716 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basarke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basarke village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Tarn Taran
Tehsil	Patti
Pincode	143303
Area (hectares)	716 hectares
Population	2,463
Male Population	1,275
Female Population	1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basarke compares

By the 2011 count Basarke is the 43rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 716 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 894.

Getting to Basarke

Basarke is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basarke as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basarke from other places

Basarke lies about 35 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Valtoha, 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 Basarke
Nearest town	Bhikkiwind Uttār	10 km
Nearest railway station	Valtoha	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patti	24 km
District headquarters	Tarn Taran	35 km

Villages closest to Basarke

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patti 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 Basarke

As per the Census of India 2011, Basarke village had a population of 2,463. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Basarke village has 1,275 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basarke has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Basarke is 143303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basarke covers 716 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basarke falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basarke is Valtoha, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basarke.

Basarke is about 35 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basarke is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Bhikkiwind Uttār is about 10 km away. Valtoha is about 13 km away. Patti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.