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About Up Mahal Nawi Village

Up Mahal Nawi is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 130 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Nawi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Nawi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 100.45 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 130
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Nawi compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Nawi is the 48th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 100.45 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Nawi

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

Up Mahal Nawi lies about 55 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 Nawi
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 22 km
District headquarters Shimla 55 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Nawi

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 Nawi

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Nawi village had a population of 245. That makes it the 48th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Nawi village has 130 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Nawi has about 885 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 Nawi is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Nawi covers 100.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Up Mahal Nawi notes the nearest railway station 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 Nawi.

Up Mahal Nawi is about 55 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 Nawi is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 22 km away. Shimla is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mundli (under 2 km), Auli (1.5 km) and Up Mahal Kutah (2.6 km).

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

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