About Up Muhal Badon Village

Up Muhal Badon is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 69 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Badon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Badon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	128.14 hectares
Population	133
Male Population	69
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Badon compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Badon is the 117th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 128.14 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Badon

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

Up Muhal Badon lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 12 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 Badon
Nearest railway station	Salogra	12 km
Nearest town	Solan	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	32 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Badon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Badon village had a population of 133. That makes it the 117th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Badon village has 69 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Badon has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Badon is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Badon covers 128.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Up Muhal Badon falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Badon is Salogra, about 12 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 village for Up Muhal Badon.

Up Muhal Badon is about 16 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 Badon is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 12 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.