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About Bagga Village

Bagga is a large village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,118, made up of 1,117 males and 1,001 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagga village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143504
Area (hectares) 434 hectares
Population 2,118
Male Population 1,117
Female Population 1,001
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bagga compares

By the 2011 count Bagga is the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 434 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Bagga

Bagga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bagga as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Bagga from other places

Bagga lies about 29 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Jaintipura, about 7.7 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 Bagga
Nearest railway station Jaintipura 7.7 km
Nearest town Batāla 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 21 km
District headquarters Amritsar 29 km

Villages closest to Bagga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala 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 Bagga

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagga village had a population of 2,118. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Bagga village has 1,117 males and 1,001 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagga has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Bagga is 143504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagga covers 434 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bagga falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bagga is Jaintipura, about 7.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bagga.

Bagga is about 29 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagga is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Jaintipura is about 7.7 km away. Batāla is about 10 km away. Baba Bakala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kazikot (2.0 km), Rupowali Brahmanan (2.1 km) and Sialka (2.1 km).

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

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