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About Up Muhal Dahar Village

Up Muhal Dahar is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 104 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Dahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Dahar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171204
Area (hectares) 101 hectares
Population 214
Male Population 104
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
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 Dahar compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Dahar is the 71st largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Dahar

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

Up Muhal Dahar lies about 40 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 Dahar
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 7.2 km
District headquarters Shimla 40 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Dahar

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 Dahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Dahar village had a population of 214. That makes it the 71st largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Dahar village has 104 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Dahar has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Up Muhal Dahar covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Dahar 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 <5 km distance for Up Muhal Dahar.

Up Muhal Dahar is about 40 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 Dahar is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 7.2 km away. Shimla is about 40 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 Jashla (under 2 km), Up Muhal Gahrog (under 2 km) and Thanari (1.9 km).

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

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