About Mahapuna Village

Mahapuna is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 48 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahapuna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahapuna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171113
Area (hectares)	58.5 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	48
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahapuna compares

By the 2011 count Mahapuna is the 246th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 58.5 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Mahapuna

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

Mahapuna lies about 15 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 12 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 Mahapuna
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km

Villages closest to Mahapuna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Mahapuna

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahapuna village had a population of 96. That makes it the 246th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Mahapuna village has 48 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahapuna has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Mahapuna is 171113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahapuna covers 58.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahapuna falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahapuna is Jutogh, about 12 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 Mahapuna.

Mahapuna is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahapuna is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 12 km away. Shimla Rural is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.