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About Up Mahal Kanal Village

Up Mahal Kanal is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 111 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Kanal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Kanal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 173210
Area (hectares) 135.3 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 111
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Kanal compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Kanal is the 60th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 135.3 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Kanal

Up Mahal Kanal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Kanal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kanal from other places

Up Mahal Kanal lies about 15 km from Shimla. 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 Kanal
District headquarters Shimla 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 24 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Kanal

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 Kanal

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Kanal village had a population of 222. That makes it the 60th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Kanal village has 111 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Up Mahal Kanal is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Kanal covers 135.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Mahal Kanal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Up Mahal Kanal.

Up Mahal Kanal is about 15 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 Kanal is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 15 km away. Nerua is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Up Mahal Kandi (under 2 km), Up Mahal Bag (3.1 km) and Up Mahal Bagan (3.1 km).

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

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