About Up Muhal Asha Dhar Village

Up Muhal Asha Dhar is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 79 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Asha Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	423.51 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	79
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Asha Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Asha Dhar is the 44th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 423.51 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 935.

Getting to Up Muhal Asha Dhar

Up Muhal Asha Dhar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Up Muhal Asha Dhar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Asha Dhar from other places

Up Muhal Asha Dhar lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.5 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 Asha Dhar
Nearest town	Solan	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Asha Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheta 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 Asha Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Asha Dhar village had a population of 149. That makes it the 44th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar village has 79 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Asha Dhar has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Asha Dhar is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar covers 423.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Asha Dhar is Salogra, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Up Muhal Asha Dhar.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Up Muhal Asha Dhar is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 7.5 km away. Cheta is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Dhar Charhi (under 2 km), Dhar (under 2 km) and Dhar Chari (under 2 km).

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