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About Up Mahal Paban Village

Up Mahal Paban is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 142 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Paban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Paban village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 317 hectares
Population 262
Male Population 142
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Paban compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Paban is the 44th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Paban

Up Mahal Paban is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Paban as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Paban from other places

Up Mahal Paban lies about 49 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 40 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 Paban
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 29 km
Nearest town Nāhan 30 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 40 km
District headquarters Shimla 49 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Paban

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 Paban

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Paban village had a population of 262. That makes it the 44th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Paban village has 142 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Paban has about 845 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 Paban is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Paban covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Paban is Salogra, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Up Mahal Paban.

Up Mahal Paban is about 49 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 Paban is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 29 km away. Nāhan is about 30 km away. Salogra is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Khantee (1.9 km), D P F Thanal (8.5 km) and D P F Kanda (9.8 km).

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

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