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About Baga Village

Baga is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 66 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816129
Area (hectares) 73.64 hectares
Population 121
Male Population 66
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Baga compares

By the 2011 count Baga is the 116th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 73.64 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 992.

Getting to Baga

The census records public bus service for Baga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baga from other places

Baga lies about 33 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 4.3 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 Baga
Nearest railway station Dhamdhamia 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 16 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 33 km

Villages closest to Baga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baga village had a population of 121. That makes it the 116th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Baga village has 66 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baga has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Baga is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baga covers 73.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baga falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baga is Dhamdhamia, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Baga.

Baga is about 33 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baga is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 4.3 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahulbana (under 2 km), Simberi (under 2 km) and Bengariapahari (under 2 km).

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

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