About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 150 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, 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	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176047
Area (hectares)	138.63 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	150
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
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 81st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 138.63 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

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 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.

Distances from Bag
Nearest railway station	Samloti	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	4.3 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 305. That makes it the 81st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Bag village has 150 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 138.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bag falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Samloti, about 4.0 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 11 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 Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 4.0 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 4.3 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.