# Basant Kot Village, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur (Punjab) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/basant-kot/ Village · Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur # Basant Kot Basant Kot is a village in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143511**. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 188 households**, the 47th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%. - 963people (2011) - 188households - 75.6%literacy - 143511PIN code ## Basant Kot PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Basant Kot is 143511.** Basant Kot falls in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab. - PIN code143511 - Gram panchayatBasant Kot - Community development blockDera Baba Nanak - Census village code028883 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Basant Kot from nearby towns? - Dera Baba Nanak (sub-district HQ)15 km by road - Gurdaspur (district HQ)45 km by road - Batala (nearest town)15 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Basant Kot? 13 services counted by the Census are inside Basant Kot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dhianpur - ○Degree college10+ km · Batala - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Batala - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and hand pumps - Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Basant Kot known for? The main crops are **wheat**. About 92% of the 215 hectares of village land is sown, and 197 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Basant Kot Of every 100 households in Basant Kot in 2011, 98 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 52 a two-wheeler and 5 a car. ■ Basant Kot · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average Electricity for lighting ****98%** **94% Toilet within the home ****77%** **59% No toilet (open defecation) ****23%** **40% Tap water ****4%** **10% Drinking water within premises ****99%** **96% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%** **40% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%** **58% Use banking services ****72%** **57% Television ****89%** **84% Mobile phone ****74%** **73% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****52%** **46% Car / jeep / van ****5%** **6% None of these assets ****5%** **5% Own their home ****100%** **98% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Basant Kot? ■ Basant Kot · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%** **72.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930** **898 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714** **804 Working population ****27.9%** **34.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 80.3% for men and 70.6% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 121 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 104 (39%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Dera Baba Nanak - Bhagtana Boharwala1,004 people - Dharamabad998 people - Kathiala991 people - Malewal990 people - Sharfkot953 people - Fattupur946 people - Kotha935 people - Khushalpur927 people [All 122 villages in Dera Baba Nanak](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Basant Kot?143511 - How far is Basant Kot from Gurdaspur?45 km by road - What is the population of Basant Kot?963 (Census 2011) - Which district is Basant Kot in?Gurdaspur district (Dera Baba Nanak sub-district), Punjab - What is the literacy rate of Basant Kot?75.6% (Census 2011)