About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 149 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 685 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, 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	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	20 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	149
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	685
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 117th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

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 23 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 49 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	Paonta Sahib	17 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	17 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	49 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 251. That makes it the 117th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Bag village has 149 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 685 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bag falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Dehradun, about 49 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 23 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 17 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 17 km away. Sirmaur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.