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About Up Mahal Dawada Village

Up Mahal Dawada is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 60 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Dawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Dawada village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 72 hectares
Population 119
Male Population 60
Female Population 59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
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 Dawada compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Dawada is the 122nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Dawada

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

Up Mahal Dawada lies about 41 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 26 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 Dawada
Nearest town Nāhan 22 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 35 km
District headquarters Shimla 41 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Dawada

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 Dawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Dawada village had a population of 119. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Dawada village has 60 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Dawada has about 983 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 Dawada is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Dawada covers 72 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 Dawada falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Dawada is Salogra, about 26 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 Dawada.

Up Mahal Dawada is about 41 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 Dawada is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nāhan is about 22 km away. Salogra is about 26 km away. Nerua is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Jaman (2.5 km), Manewati (2.5 km) and Up Mahal Bharmana (2.5 km).

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

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