About Bagwan Village

Bagwan is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 303 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagwan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249126
Area (hectares)	164.5 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	303
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bagwan compares

By the 2011 count Bagwan is the 30th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 164.5 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Bagwan

Bagwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bagwan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bagwan from other places

Bagwan lies about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Bagwan
Nearest town	Srīnagar	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	27 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	27 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	40 km

Villages closest to Bagwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagwan village had a population of 590. That makes it the 30th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Bagwan village has 303 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagwan has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Bagwan is 249126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagwan covers 164.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bagwan falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bagwan is Rishikesh, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bagwan.

Bagwan is about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagwan is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 9.9 km away. Devprayag is about 27 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.