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About Up Muhal Baggi Village

Up Muhal Baggi is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 134 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Baggi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Baggi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Cheta
Pincode 171217
Area (hectares) 136.03 hectares
Population 265
Male Population 134
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
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 Baggi compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Baggi is the 32nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 136.03 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Up Muhal Baggi

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

Up Muhal Baggi lies about 23 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.8 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 Baggi
Nearest railway station Salogra 9.8 km
Nearest town Solan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheta 23 km
District headquarters Shimla 23 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Baggi

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.

Common questions about Up Muhal Baggi

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Baggi village had a population of 265. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Up Muhal Baggi village has 134 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Baggi has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

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

Up Muhal Baggi covers 136.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Baggi is Salogra, about 9.8 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 Baggi.

Up Muhal Baggi is about 23 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 Baggi is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.8 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Cheta is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bag (under 2 km), Naura (4.3 km) and D P F Dhar Charhi (4.9 km).

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

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