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About Up Muhal Pajai Village

Up Muhal Pajai is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 136 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Pajai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Pajai village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171202
Area (hectares) 299.02 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 136
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
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 Pajai compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Pajai is the 50th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 299.02 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Pajai

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

Up Muhal Pajai lies about 25 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 Pajai
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 11 km
District headquarters Shimla 25 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Pajai

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 Pajai

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Pajai village had a population of 250. That makes it the 50th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Up Muhal Pajai village has 136 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Pajai has about 838 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 Pajai is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Pajai covers 299.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Pajai 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 Pajai.

Up Muhal Pajai is about 25 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 Pajai is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhatri (2.3 km), Hatli (2.3 km) and Up Muhal Nohat (2.3 km).

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

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