About Sher Bag Village

Sher Bag is a mid sized village in Tangmarg tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,063, made up of 540 males and 523 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.7 hectares hectares.

Sher Bag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sher Bag village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Tangmarg
Area (hectares)	196.7 hectares
Population	1,063
Male Population	540
Female Population	523
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sher Bag compares

By the 2011 count Sher Bag is the 29th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 196.7 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Sher Bag

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

Sher Bag lies about 42 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Badgam station, about 9.4 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 Sher Bag
Nearest railway station	Badgam station	9.4 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tangmarg	26 km
District headquarters	Baramula	42 km

Villages closest to Sher Bag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tangmarg 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 Sher Bag

As per the Census of India 2011, Sher Bag village had a population of 1,063. That makes it the 29th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Sher Bag village has 540 males and 523 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sher Bag has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Sher Bag covers 196.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sher Bag is Badgam station, about 9.4 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 Sher Bag.

Sher Bag is about 42 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sher Bag is in Tangmarg tehsil of Baramula district. Badgam station is about 9.4 km away. Soyībug is about 12 km away. Tangmarg is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.