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About Up Muhal Ganni Village

Up Muhal Ganni is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 60 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Ganni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Ganni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171202
Area (hectares) 24 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 60
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Ganni compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Ganni is the 139th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Ganni

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

Up Muhal Ganni lies about 35 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 Ganni
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 8.7 km
District headquarters Shimla 35 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Ganni

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 Ganni

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Ganni village had a population of 108. That makes it the 139th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Ganni village has 60 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Ganni has about 800 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 Ganni is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Ganni covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Ganni 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 Ganni.

Up Muhal Ganni is about 35 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 Ganni is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 8.7 km away. Shimla is about 35 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 Chaugan (under 2 km), Up Muhal Gandhi Nagar (under 2 km) and Satral (under 2 km).

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

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