About Mud Village

Mud is a small village in Spiti tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 100 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mud village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172117
Area (hectares)	77.55 hectares
Population	213
Male Population	100
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mud compares

By the 2011 count Mud is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 77.55 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Mud

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

Mud lies about 116 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 114 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 Mud
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	22 km
Nearest town	Mandi	108 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	114 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	116 km

Villages closest to Mud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mud village had a population of 213. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Mud village has 100 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mud has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Mud is 172117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mud covers 77.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mud falls under Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mud is Zero Point, about 114 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 Mud.

Mud is about 116 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mud is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 22 km away. Mandi is about 108 km away. Zero Point is about 114 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.