About Up Mahal Kotangan Village

Up Mahal Kotangan is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 155 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Kotangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Kotangan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	147.38 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	155
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Kotangan compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Kotangan is the 29th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 147.38 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Kotangan

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

Up Mahal Kotangan lies about 30 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 19 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 Kotangan
Nearest railway station	Salogra	19 km
Nearest town	Solan	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	26 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Kotangan

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 Kotangan

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Kotangan village had a population of 315. That makes it the 29th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Kotangan village has 155 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Kotangan has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Up Mahal Kotangan covers 147.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Kotangan is Salogra, about 19 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 Kotangan.

Up Mahal Kotangan is about 30 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 Kotangan is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 20 km away. Nerua is about 26 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 Koti (under 2 km), D P F Bagna (4.1 km) and D P F Laidhar (8.8 km).

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