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About Up Muhal Badruni Village

Up Muhal Badruni is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 313, made up of 154 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Badruni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Badruni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171204
Area (hectares) 135 hectares
Population 313
Male Population 154
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Badruni compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Badruni is the 26th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Badruni

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

Up Muhal Badruni 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 Badruni
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 Badruni

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.

Common questions about Up Muhal Badruni

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Badruni village had a population of 313. That makes it the 26th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Badruni village has 154 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Badruni has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Badruni is 171204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Badruni covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Badruni 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 <5 km distance for Up Muhal Badruni.

Up Muhal Badruni 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 Badruni 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.

The closest recorded villages are Up Muhal Badon (under 2 km), Dhali (2.2 km) and Jangal Kamhali (4.6 km).

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

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