About Garh Bagga Village

Garh Bagga is a mid sized village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,698, made up of 920 males and 778 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1534 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Bagga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh Bagga village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140123
Area (hectares)	1534 hectares
Population	1,698
Male Population	920
Female Population	778
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garh Bagga compares

By the 2011 count Garh Bagga is the 21st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 1534 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 947.

Getting to Garh Bagga

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

Garh Bagga lies about 30 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 7.0 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 Garh Bagga
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anandpur Sahib	12 km
Nearest town	Nangal	30 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	30 km

Villages closest to Garh Bagga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh Bagga village had a population of 1,698. That makes it the 21st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Garh Bagga village has 920 males and 778 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh Bagga has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Garh Bagga is 140123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh Bagga covers 1534 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garh Bagga falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garh Bagga is Kiratpur Sahib, about 7.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garh Bagga.

Garh Bagga is about 30 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh Bagga is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 7.0 km away. Anandpur Sahib is about 12 km away. Nangal is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.