About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 10 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176033, 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	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176033
Area (hectares)	16.64 hectares
Population	22
Male Population	10
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bag compares

By the 2011 count Bag is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 16.64 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Bag

Bag is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bag as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bag from other places

Bag lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 25 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	34 km
Nearest town	Nangal	45 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 22. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Bag village has 10 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 176033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 16.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bag falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Amb Andaura, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bag.

Bag is about 34 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 Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 15 km away. Amb Andaura is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.