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About Bagon Village

Bagon is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 174 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,259 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 528.59 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 174
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,259
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 Bagon compares

By the 2011 count Bagon is the 63rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 528.59 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Bagon

Bagon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bagon 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 Bagon from other places

Bagon lies about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Bagon
Nearest town Mussoorie 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 29 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 29 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 39 km

Villages closest to Bagon

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

Common questions about Bagon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagon village had a population of 393. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Bagon village has 174 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagon has about 1259 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Bagon is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagon covers 528.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bagon falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bagon is Dehradun, about 39 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 Bagon.

Bagon is about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagon is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Tehri is about 29 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagon Madhe Bagal Chak (under 2 km), Darmali (under 2 km) and Mahera (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bagon today is likely to be higher.

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