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About Baggi Village

Baggi is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 14 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176065, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baggi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baggi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176065
Area (hectares) 30.27 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 14
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,857
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baggi compares

By the 2011 count Baggi is the 101st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 30.27 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 1176.

Getting to Baggi

Baggi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baggi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Baggi from other places

Baggi lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 7.7 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 Baggi
Nearest railway station Paror 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 14 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 22 km

Villages closest to Baggi

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

Common questions about Baggi

As per the Census of India 2011, Baggi village had a population of 40. That makes it the 101st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Baggi village has 14 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baggi has about 1857 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Baggi is 176065. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baggi covers 30.27 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.

Baggi falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baggi is Paror, about 7.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baggi.

Baggi is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baggi is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 7.7 km away. Dhira is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hoda (under 2 km), Mangehr (under 2 km) and Rajhun Khas (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baggi today is likely to be higher.

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