About Up Muhal Shangchar Village

Up Muhal Shangchar is a mid sized village in Manali tehsil, in the district of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 343 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Shangchar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Shangchar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kullu
Tehsil	Manali
Pincode	175131
Area (hectares)	120.05 hectares
Population	697
Male Population	343
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Shangchar compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Shangchar is the 26th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 622 residents. Its 120.05 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Up Muhal Shangchar

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

Up Muhal Shangchar lies about 24 km from Kullu, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 33 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 Up Muhal Shangchar
Tehsil headquarters	Manali	10 km
District headquarters	Kullu	24 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	33 km
Nearest town	Mandi	55 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Shangchar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manali 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 Up Muhal Shangchar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Shangchar village had a population of 697. That makes it the 26th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 622 residents.

Up Muhal Shangchar village has 343 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Shangchar has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Shangchar is 175131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Shangchar covers 120.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Up Muhal Shangchar falls under Manali tehsil of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Shangchar is Zero Point, about 33 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 10+ km distance for Up Muhal Shangchar.

Up Muhal Shangchar is about 24 km from Kullu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Up Muhal Shangchar is in Manali tehsil of Kullu district. Manali is about 10 km away. Kullu is about 24 km away. Zero Point is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Up Muhal Kaliganch (under 2 km), Muhal Riyara (under 2 km) and Muhal Pangan (under 2 km).

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