About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Chachyot tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 196 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Chachyot
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	409
Male Population	196
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
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 52nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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 41 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 29 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	Chachyot	23 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	29 km
District headquarters	Mandi	41 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chachyot 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 409. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Bag village has 196 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Bag covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bag falls under Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Summer Hill, about 29 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 41 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag is in Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district. Chachyot is about 23 km away. Sundarnagar is about 23 km away. Summer Hill is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.