About Kag Village

Kag is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 70 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171012
Area (hectares)	25 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	70
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kag compares

By the 2011 count Kag is the 185th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kag

Kag is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kag 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 Kag from other places

Kag lies about 12 km from Shimla. 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 Kag
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Kag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Kag

As per the Census of India 2011, Kag village had a population of 132. That makes it the 185th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kag village has 70 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kag has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kag is 171012. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kag covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kag falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kag notes the nearest railway station 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 Kag.

Kag is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kag is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.