Bagar is a small village in

Pauri Garhwal district Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Its headquarters is in the town of Pauri. It is sometimes referred to simply as Garhwal district, though it should not be confused with the larger Garhwal region of which it is ...

in the

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n state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. The population of Bagar is around 1,275, 644 being male, and 631 being female; 247 children, ages 0 to 6, live there as of 2011. Literacy rates run around an average of 53.4%, with 66.8% for men and 40.12% for women. Bagar covers a wide geographical area of 155.22 hectares. The main source of income is agriculture. The village has a primary and secondary school, which is common for many villages around. Few children attend the school because of migration of citizens to nearby towns and cities. Children go to Rikhnikhal / Siddhkhal for senior schooling. There are two temples there which resemble Mata Sherawali Mandir.

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Hindu pilgrimage sites in India Tourism in Uttarakhand Villages in Pauri Garhwal district {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub