About Up Mahal Dakehar Village

Up Mahal Dakehar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 30 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Dakehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Dakehar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	212 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	30
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	733
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Dakehar compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Dakehar is the 161st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 Dakehar

Up Mahal Dakehar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Dakehar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Dakehar from other places

Up Mahal Dakehar lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Dakehar
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	25 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	49 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Dakehar

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 Dakehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Dakehar village had a population of 52. That makes it the 161st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Dakehar village has 30 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Dakehar has about 733 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 Dakehar is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Dakehar covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Dakehar is Salogra, about 54 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Up Mahal Dakehar.

Up Mahal Dakehar 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 Dakehar is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 25 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.