About Bag Village

Bag is a mid sized village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 316 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, 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	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	576.33 hectares
Population	597
Male Population	316
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bag compares

By the 2011 count Bag is the 9th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 576.33 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 935.

Getting to Bag

Bag is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bag as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bag from other places

Bag lies about 23 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.8 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	Salogra	9.8 km
Nearest town	Solan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	23 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheta 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 597. That makes it the 9th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Bag village has 316 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 576.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bag falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Salogra, about 9.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bag.

Bag is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.8 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Cheta is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.