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About Baghi Dab Village

Baghi Dab is a small village in Lar tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 5 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.9 hectares hectares.

Baghi Dab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baghi Dab village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Ganderbal
Tehsil Lar
Area (hectares) 8.9 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 5
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 600
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baghi Dab compares

By the 2011 count Baghi Dab is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents. Its 8.9 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Baghi Dab

Baghi Dab is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baghi Dab as Available within 5 - 10 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baghi Dab from other places

Baghi Dab lies about 8.8 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 11 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 Baghi Dab
District headquarters Ganderbal 8.8 km
Nearest railway station Mazhom 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Lar 20 km

Villages closest to Baghi Dab

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lar 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.

Common questions about Baghi Dab

As per the Census of India 2011, Baghi Dab village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,921 residents.

Baghi Dab village has 5 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baghi Dab has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Baghi Dab covers 8.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baghi Dab falls under Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Baghi Dab is Mazhom, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baghi Dab.

Baghi Dab is about 8.8 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baghi Dab is in Lar tehsil of Ganderbal district. Ganderbal is about 8.8 km away. Mazhom is about 11 km away. Lar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dab (under 2 km), Wakura (1.7 km) and Narayan Bagh (2.4 km).

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

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