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About Posh Bag Village

Posh Bag is a small village in Tangmarg tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 176 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.7 hectares hectares.

Posh Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Posh Bag village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Baramula
Tehsil Tangmarg
Area (hectares) 111.7 hectares
Population 357
Male Population 176
Female Population 181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Posh Bag compares

By the 2011 count Posh Bag is the 75th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 111.7 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Posh Bag

Posh Bag is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Posh Bag as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nargis Bag, Ogmuna, Pajwal Pora and Pandit Pora Bala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Posh Bag

As per the Census of India 2011, Posh Bag village had a population of 357. That makes it the 75th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Posh Bag village has 176 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Posh Bag has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Posh Bag covers 111.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Posh Bag falls under Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Posh Bag notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Posh Bag.

Posh Bag is in Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Posh Bag today is likely to be higher.

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