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About Up Muhal Nihari Village

Up Muhal Nihari is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 21 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Nihari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Nihari village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171202
Area (hectares) 27.1 hectares
Population 51
Male Population 21
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,429
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 Nihari compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Nihari is the 186th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 27.1 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Up Muhal Nihari

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

Up Muhal Nihari lies about 38 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 Nihari
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 3.2 km
District headquarters Shimla 38 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Nihari

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 Nihari

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Nihari village had a population of 51. That makes it the 186th 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 Nihari village has 21 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Nihari has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Up Muhal Nihari covers 27.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Nihari 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 Nihari.

Up Muhal Nihari is about 38 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 Nihari is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 3.2 km away. Shimla is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barwi (under 2 km), D P F Salyana (under 2 km) and R F Salyana (under 2 km).

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

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