About Up Muhal Kharota Village

Up Muhal Kharota is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 208 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Kharota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Kharota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	256.58 hectares
Population	403
Male Population	208
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Kharota compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Kharota is the 14th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 256.58 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Kharota

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

Up Muhal Kharota lies about 26 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 Kharota
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	9.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Kharota

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.

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Common questions about Up Muhal Kharota

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Kharota village had a population of 403. That makes it the 14th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Kharota village has 208 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Kharota has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Kharota is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Kharota covers 256.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Kharota 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 Kharota.

Up Muhal Kharota is about 26 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 Kharota is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 9.6 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.