About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 165 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176125
Area (hectares)	68.13 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	165
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bag compares

By the 2011 count Bag is the 97th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 68.13 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Bag

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

Bag lies about 39 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Ahju, about 3.3 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 Bag
Nearest railway station	Ahju	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	4.0 km
District headquarters	Kangra	39 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Bag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bag village had a population of 316. That makes it the 97th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Bag village has 165 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 176125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 68.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bag falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Ahju, about 3.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bag.

Bag is about 39 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Ahju is about 3.3 km away. Baijnath is about 4.0 km away. Kangra is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.