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About Suka Bag Village

Suka Bag is a mid sized village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 415 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suka Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suka Bag village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Jogindarnagar
Pincode 175032
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 840
Male Population 415
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Suka Bag compares

By the 2011 count Suka Bag is the 24th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Suka Bag

Suka Bag 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 Suka 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Suka Bag from other places

Suka Bag lies about 42 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Ahju, about 3.2 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 Suka Bag
Nearest railway station Ahju 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jogindarnagar 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 40 km
District headquarters Mandi 42 km

Villages closest to Suka Bag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suka Bag village had a population of 840. That makes it the 24th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Suka Bag village has 415 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suka Bag has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Suka Bag is 175032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suka Bag covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Suka Bag falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suka Bag is Ahju, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Suka Bag.

Suka Bag is about 42 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suka Bag is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Ahju is about 3.2 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bag (under 2 km), Bagsehra (under 2 km) and D P F Ghatta (under 2 km).

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

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