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About Saran Bag Village

Saran Bag is a small village in Karsog tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 24 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saran Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saran Bag village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Karsog
Pincode 171304
Area (hectares) 34.86 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 24
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saran Bag compares

By the 2011 count Saran Bag is the 324th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 199 residents. Its 34.86 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Saran Bag

Saran Bag is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saran Bag as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Saran Bag from other places

Saran Bag lies about 62 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 8.0 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 Saran Bag
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 8.0 km
Nearest town Shimla 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karsog 24 km
District headquarters Mandi 62 km

Villages closest to Saran Bag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saran Bag village had a population of 43. That makes it the 324th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 199 residents.

Saran Bag village has 24 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saran Bag has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Saran Bag is 171304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saran Bag covers 34.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saran Bag falls under Karsog tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saran Bag is Summer Hill, about 8.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Saran Bag.

Saran Bag is about 62 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saran Bag is in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district. Summer Hill is about 8.0 km away. Shimla is about 9.2 km away. Karsog is about 24 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), Bag Salana (under 2 km) and Bagshad (under 2 km).

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

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