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About Up Mahal Chonjan Village

Up Mahal Chonjan is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 140 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Chonjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Chonjan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 253.45 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 140
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
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 Chonjan compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Chonjan is the 38th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 253.45 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Chonjan

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

Up Mahal Chonjan lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 56 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 Mahal Chonjan
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 25 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 53 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 56 km
District headquarters Shimla 57 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Chonjan

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 Chonjan

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Chonjan village had a population of 277. That makes it the 38th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Chonjan village has 140 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Chonjan has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Up Mahal Chonjan covers 253.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Chonjan is Salogra, about 56 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 Mahal Chonjan.

Up Mahal Chonjan is about 57 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 Chonjan is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 25 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 53 km away. Salogra is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dokhra (under 2 km), Basra (1.7 km) and Jhandua (2.0 km).

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

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