About Up Mahal Dhartua Village

Up Mahal Dhartua is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 168 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Dhartua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Dhartua village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	96.85 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	168
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Dhartua compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Dhartua is the 31st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 96.85 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Dhartua

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

Up Mahal Dhartua lies about 32 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 Dhartua
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	18 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	26 km
Nearest town	Solan	27 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Dhartua

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 Dhartua

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Dhartua village had a population of 311. That makes it the 31st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Dhartua village has 168 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Dhartua has about 851 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 Dhartua is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Dhartua covers 96.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Dhartua 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 village for Up Mahal Dhartua.

Up Mahal Dhartua is about 32 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 Dhartua is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 km away. Salogra is about 26 km away. Solan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.