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About Tagger Village

Tagger is a small village in Hoshiarpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 183 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tagger Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tagger village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Hoshiarpur
Pincode 144210
Area (hectares) 127 hectares
Population 369
Male Population 183
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Tagger compares

By the 2011 count Tagger is the 294th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Tagger

The census records public bus service for Tagger as Available within <5 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tagger from other places

Tagger lies about 18 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Cholang, about 12 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 Tagger
Nearest railway station Cholang 12 km
Nearest town Urmar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hoshiarpur 18 km

Villages closest to Tagger

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tagger village had a population of 369. That makes it the 294th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Tagger village has 183 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tagger has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Tagger is 144210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tagger covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tagger falls under Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tagger is Cholang, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Tagger is about 18 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tagger is in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Cholang is about 12 km away. Urmar is about 13 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badala (under 2 km), Badala Mahi (under 2 km) and Shahabudin (1.9 km).

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

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