About Up Mahal Gayan Village

Up Mahal Gayan is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 171 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Gayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Gayan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	205.42 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	171
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Gayan compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Gayan is the 22nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 205.42 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Gayan

Up Mahal Gayan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Gayan as Available within village. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Up Mahal Gayan from other places

Up Mahal Gayan lies about 53 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 53 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 Gayan
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	53 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	53 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Gayan

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 Gayan

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Gayan village had a population of 358. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Gayan village has 171 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Gayan has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Up Mahal Gayan covers 205.42 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 Gayan falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Gayan is Salogra, about 53 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 - 10 km distance for Up Mahal Gayan.

Up Mahal Gayan is about 53 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 Gayan is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 20 km away. Shimla is about 53 km away. Salogra is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.