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About Up Muhal Naina Dhar Village

Up Muhal Naina Dhar is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 29 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Naina Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Naina Dhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171204
Area (hectares) 33 hectares
Population 58
Male Population 29
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Naina Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Naina Dhar is the 179th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 33 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Naina Dhar

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

Up Muhal Naina Dhar lies about 54 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 52 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 Naina Dhar
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 28 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 51 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 52 km
District headquarters Shimla 54 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Naina Dhar

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 Naina Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Naina Dhar village had a population of 58. That makes it the 179th 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 Naina Dhar village has 29 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Naina Dhar 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 Naina Dhar is 171204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Naina Dhar covers 33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Naina Dhar is Salogra, about 52 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 Naina Dhar.

Up Muhal Naina Dhar is about 54 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 Naina Dhar is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 28 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 51 km away. Salogra is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Chambi Dhar (under 2 km), Jangal Gwali Dhar (under 2 km) and Araihla (3.0 km).

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

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