About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 90 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, 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	Seoni
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	153.55 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	90
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
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 61st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 153.55 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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 9.2 km from Shimla, 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 Bag
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	8.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	9.2 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni 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 195. That makes it the 61st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Bag village has 90 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 153.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bag.

Bag is about 9.2 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 Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 6.4 km away. Summer Hill is about 8.0 km away. Shimla is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.