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About Bag Kuljan Village

Bag Kuljan is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 112 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176095, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bag Kuljan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bag Kuljan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176095
Area (hectares) 119.08 hectares
Population 241
Male Population 112
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bag Kuljan compares

By the 2011 count Bag Kuljan is the 95th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 119.08 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Bag Kuljan

Bag Kuljan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bag Kuljan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bag Kuljan from other places

Bag Kuljan lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Kuljan
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 33 km

Villages closest to Bag Kuljan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bag Kuljan village had a population of 241. That makes it the 95th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Bag Kuljan village has 112 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag Kuljan has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Bag Kuljan is 176095. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag Kuljan covers 119.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bag Kuljan falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag Kuljan is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bag Kuljan.

Bag Kuljan is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag Kuljan is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 13 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagrena (under 2 km), Lahru (under 2 km) and Khajurnun (1.6 km).

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

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