About Bhagsi Village

Bhagsi is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,008, made up of 536 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhagsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagsi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	179 hectares
Population	1,008
Male Population	536
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bhagsi compares

By the 2011 count Bhagsi is the 72nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Bhagsi

Bhagsi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bhagsi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhagsi from other places

Bhagsi lies about 25 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 10 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 Bhagsi
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	9.8 km
Nearest town	Basi	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dapper	10 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	25 km

Villages closest to Bhagsi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Bhagsi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagsi village had a population of 1,008. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Bhagsi village has 536 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagsi has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Bhagsi is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhagsi covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhagsi falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bhagsi is Dapper, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bhagsi.

Bhagsi is about 25 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhagsi is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dera Bassi is about 9.8 km away. Basi is about 9.8 km away. Dapper is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.