About Up Mahal Ghilar Village

Up Mahal Ghilar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 67 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Ghilar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Ghilar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	67.86 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	67
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Ghilar compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Ghilar is the 120th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 67.86 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Ghilar

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

Up Mahal Ghilar 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 Ghilar
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 Ghilar

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 Ghilar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Ghilar village had a population of 121. That makes it the 120th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Ghilar village has 67 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Ghilar has about 806 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 Ghilar is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Ghilar covers 67.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Ghilar 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Up Mahal Ghilar.

Up Mahal Ghilar 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 Ghilar 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.