About Up Mahal Chhachar Village

Up Mahal Chhachar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 110 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Chhachar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Chhachar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	110
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	791
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Chhachar compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Chhachar is the 71st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Chhachar

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

Up Mahal Chhachar lies about 51 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 Chhachar
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	51 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Chhachar

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.

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Common questions about Up Mahal Chhachar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Chhachar village had a population of 197. That makes it the 71st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Chhachar village has 110 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Chhachar has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Up Mahal Chhachar is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Chhachar covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Mahal Chhachar 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 Mahal Chhachar.

Up Mahal Chhachar is about 51 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 Chhachar is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 51 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 Tharoch (under 2 km), Kiarna (under 2 km) and Lachog (1.6 km).

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