About Bagain Village

Bagain is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 398 males and 364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bagain compares

By the 2011 count Bagain is the 27th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 57.63 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Bagain

Bagain 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 Bagain 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bagain from other places

Bagain lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 4.0 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.

Villages closest to Bagain

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

• Bag under 2 km
• Patohla under 2 km
• Gujrehra under 2 km
• Bhati under 2 km
• Nihar Galwa 1.6 km
• Khanog 1.6 km

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.