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- LGD code
- 47559
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population
- 85
- Households
- 19
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 44
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 99 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 208 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baggar compares
By population, Baggar ranks #130 of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.6%
+3.3% vs mandal average
Baggar70.6%
Rikhanikhal mandal67.3%
Pauri Garhwal district72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
−169 vs mandal average
Baggar1,024
Rikhanikhal mandal1,193
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
Baggar4.5
Rikhanikhal mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baggar at a glance
Baggar is a village of 85 people in 19 households (Census 2011) in Rikhanikhal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 130th-largest of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 30 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 34 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246179, served by Rikhnikhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 47559. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal, 3 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 100 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Baggar
- LGD code
- 47559
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 85
- Population (projected 2026)
- 100
- Households
- 19
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Coordinates
- 29.79791°N, 78.86913°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Rikhanikhal
Getting there
How to reach Baggar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun99 kmcapital
- Delhi208 km
- Kolkata1241 km
- Mumbai1337 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara34 km
- Bus stopRatkot18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Rikhnikhal3 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila33 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry32 km
- Police stationKotwali Ramnagar52 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Baggar
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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