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About Up Mahal Thangar Village

Up Mahal Thangar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 131 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Thangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Thangar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 96 hectares
Population 257
Male Population 131
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
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 Thangar compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Thangar is the 45th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Thangar

Up Mahal Thangar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Up Mahal Thangar 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 Thangar from other places

Up Mahal Thangar lies about 49 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 Thangar
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 21 km
District headquarters Shimla 49 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Thangar

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 Thangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Thangar village had a population of 257. That makes it the 45th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Thangar village has 131 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Thangar has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Up Mahal Thangar covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Up Mahal Thangar 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 Thangar is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 21 km away. Shimla is about 49 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 Kangar (under 2 km), Kounthali (4.1 km) and Madhana (4.4 km).

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

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