About Up Muhal Thanah Village

Up Muhal Thanah is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 162 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Thanah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Thanah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	81.14 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	162
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Thanah compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Thanah is the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 81.14 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Up Muhal Thanah

Up Muhal Thanah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Up Muhal Thanah as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Thanah from other places

Up Muhal Thanah lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kanoh, about 2.4 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 Thanah
Nearest railway station	Kanoh	2.4 km
Nearest town	Solan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Thanah

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 Thanah

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Thanah village had a population of 308. That makes it the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Up Muhal Thanah village has 162 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Thanah has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

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

Up Muhal Thanah covers 81.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Thanah is Kanoh, about 2.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Up Muhal Thanah.

Up Muhal Thanah is about 12 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 Thanah is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Kanoh is about 2.4 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Cheta is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.