About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 91 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176032, 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	Khundian
Pincode	176032
Area (hectares)	37.16 hectares
Population	191
Male Population	91
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bag compares

By the 2011 count Bag is the 73rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 37.16 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

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 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 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 15 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	Khundian	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 191. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Bag village has 91 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 176032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 37.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bag is Jawalamukhi Road, about 15 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.

Bag is about 19 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 Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 4.2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 15 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.