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About Up Mahal Telar Village

Up Mahal Telar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 97 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Telar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Telar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 315.51 hectares
Population 202
Male Population 97
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Telar compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Telar is the 68th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 315.51 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Telar

Up Mahal Telar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Telar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Telar from other places

Up Mahal Telar 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 Telar
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 Telar

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 Telar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Telar village had a population of 202. That makes it the 68th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Telar village has 97 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Telar has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Up Mahal Telar covers 315.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Telar 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Up Mahal Telar.

Up Mahal Telar 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 Telar 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.

The closest recorded villages are Bavara (under 2 km), D P F Arua (under 2 km) and D P F Chanjar (under 2 km).

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

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