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About Up Muhal Chuni Village

Up Muhal Chuni is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 17 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Chuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Chuni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171204
Area (hectares) 36 hectares
Population 34
Male Population 17
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Chuni compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Chuni is the 197th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 36 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Chuni

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

Up Muhal Chuni lies about 37 km from Shimla. 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 Chuni
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 2.7 km
District headquarters Shimla 37 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Chuni

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 Chuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Chuni village had a population of 34. That makes it the 197th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Chuni village has 17 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

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

Up Muhal Chuni covers 36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Chuni notes the nearest railway station 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 Chuni.

Up Muhal Chuni is about 37 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 Chuni is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 2.7 km away. Shimla is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagahar (under 2 km), Kanleta (under 2 km) and Kupri (under 2 km).

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

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