About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 49 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, 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	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	29.98 hectares
Population	100
Male Population	49
Female Population	51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
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 162nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 29.98 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

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 25 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 9.1 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	Arki	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	9.1 km
Nearest town	Shimla	13 km
District headquarters	Solan	25 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 100. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Bag village has 49 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 29.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bag falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bag is Jutogh, about 9.1 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 25 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bag is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 6.9 km away. Jutogh is about 9.1 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.