About Bag Village

Bag is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 37 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, 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	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	62 hectares
Population	73
Male Population	37
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
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 147th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

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 24 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 9.2 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	Jutogh	9.2 km
Nearest town	Shimla	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	22 km
District headquarters	Solan	24 km

Villages closest to Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramshahr 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 73. That makes it the 147th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Bag village has 37 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bag has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bag is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bag covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bag is Jutogh, about 9.2 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 24 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 Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Jutogh is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Ramshahr is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.