Bassi Kalan
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Bassi Kalan | |
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Village | |
  Bassi Kalan Location in Punjab, India  Bassi Kalan Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 31°26′53″N 76°00′11″E / 31.448°N 76.003°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Hoshiarpur |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,356 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 146102 |
| Telephone code | 1884 |
Bassi Kalan is a village in India, 12 kilometres from the district capital Hoshiarpur, near the Himachal Pradesh state border.[1] It is situated in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.
Saido Patti (1 km), Mehina (1 km), Parsowal (2 km), Chabewal (2 km), Rajni Devi (2 km) are nearby villages. Mahadev Temple is 2 km away from the village.
The village has a dispensary clinic, telephone exchange and post office, a primary school, Government Senior Secondary School, and Lala Lajpat Rai Siksha Kender School. The Delhi-Chandigarh road also passes through here. There is a temple of Mata Dineshwari in the village where Jagran is held every year on 28 May. Another ancient temple here is known as Bodi.
