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About Up Mahal Bagasan Village

Up Mahal Bagasan is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 137 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Bagasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Bagasan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 173210
Area (hectares) 191 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 137
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Bagasan compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Bagasan is the 35th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Bagasan

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

Up Mahal Bagasan lies about 12 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 Mahal Bagasan
District headquarters Shimla 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 27 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Bagasan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nerua 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 Mahal Bagasan

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Bagasan village had a population of 279. That makes it the 35th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Bagasan village has 137 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Bagasan has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Up Mahal Bagasan is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Bagasan covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Up Mahal Bagasan falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Up Mahal Bagasan 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 Mahal Bagasan.

Up Mahal Bagasan is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Up Mahal Bagasan is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 12 km away. Nerua is about 27 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 Mahal Bag (under 2 km), Up Mahal Bagan (under 2 km) and Up Mahal Phajabag (under 2 km).

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

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