About Bagga Village

Bagga is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 524 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagga village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144703
Area (hectares)	198.38 hectares
Population	1,005
Male Population	524
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bagga compares

By the 2011 count Bagga is the 48th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 198.38 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

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 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 38 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 7.8 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
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	7.8 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	15 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	38 km

Villages closest to Bagga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagga village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 48th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Bagga village has 524 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagga has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Bagga is 144703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagga covers 198.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bagga falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bagga is Malsian Shahkot, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bagga.

Bagga is about 38 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagga is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about 5.2 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 7.8 km away. Nakodar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.