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About Up Muhal Daran Village

Up Muhal Daran is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 53 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Daran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Daran village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171225
Area (hectares) 136.29 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 53
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
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 Daran compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Daran is the 147th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 136.29 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Daran

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

Up Muhal Daran lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Daran
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 31 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 49 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 54 km
District headquarters Shimla 57 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Daran

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 Daran

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Daran village had a population of 99. That makes it the 147th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Daran village has 53 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Daran has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Daran is 171225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Daran covers 136.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Daran is Salogra, about 54 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 Daran.

Up Muhal Daran is about 57 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 Daran is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 31 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Araihla (under 2 km), Bhamta Parali (under 2 km) and Marthu (under 2 km).

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

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