About Mulkiar Village

Mulkiar is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 172 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 709 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mulkiar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mulkiar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	289.16 hectares
Population	294
Male Population	172
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	709
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mulkiar compares

By the 2011 count Mulkiar is the 79th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 289.16 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Mulkiar

Mulkiar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mulkiar 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 Mulkiar from other places

Mulkiar lies about 26 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 56 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 Mulkiar
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	26 km
District headquarters	Chamba	26 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	56 km

Villages closest to Mulkiar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mulkiar village had a population of 294. That makes it the 79th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Mulkiar village has 172 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mulkiar has about 709 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Mulkiar is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mulkiar covers 289.16 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.

Mulkiar falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mulkiar is Nurpur Road, about 56 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 Mulkiar.

Mulkiar is about 26 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mulkiar is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 26 km away. Chamba is about 26 km away. Nurpur Road is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.