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About Up Mahal Chour Village

Up Mahal Chour is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 104 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Chour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Chour village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 277.45 hectares
Population 195
Male Population 104
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Chour compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Chour is the 73rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 277.45 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Chour

Up Mahal Chour is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Chour as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Up Mahal Charog, Up Mahal Chayama, Up Mahal Chhachar and Up Mahal Chilrana. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Chour

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Chour village had a population of 195. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Chour village has 104 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Chour has about 875 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 Chour is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Chour covers 277.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Mahal Chour notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Up Mahal Chour.

Up Mahal Chour is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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