About Bagala Village

Bagala is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 137 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	323.13 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	137
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,241
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bagala compares

By the 2011 count Bagala is the 30th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 323.13 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Bagala

Bagala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bagala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bagala from other places

Bagala lies about 39 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 15 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 Bagala
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	14 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	39 km

Villages closest to Bagala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagala village had a population of 307. That makes it the 30th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Bagala village has 137 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagala has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Bagala is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagala covers 323.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bagala falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bagala is Rishikesh, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bagala.

Bagala is about 39 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagala is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Rishikesh is about 15 km away. Yamkeshwar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.