About Up Mahal Thekra Village

Up Mahal Thekra is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 73 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Mahal Thekra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Mahal Thekra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	61.93 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	73
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Mahal Thekra compares

By the 2011 count Up Mahal Thekra is the 103rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 61.93 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Up Mahal Thekra

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

Up Mahal Thekra lies about 48 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 47 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 Thekra
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	16 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	47 km
District headquarters	Shimla	48 km

Villages closest to Up Mahal Thekra

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 Thekra

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Mahal Thekra village had a population of 142. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Up Mahal Thekra village has 73 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Mahal Thekra has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Up Mahal Thekra is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Mahal Thekra covers 61.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Up Mahal Thekra is Salogra, about 47 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 Thekra.

Up Mahal Thekra is about 48 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 Thekra is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 16 km away. Salogra is about 47 km away. Shimla is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.