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About Up Muhal Janog Village

Up Muhal Janog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 10 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Janog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Janog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171012
Area (hectares) 19.43 hectares
Population 16
Male Population 10
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 600
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Janog compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Janog is the 481st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 19.43 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 987.

Getting to Up Muhal Janog

Up Muhal Janog is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Up Muhal Janog as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Muhal Janog from other places

Up Muhal Janog lies about 19 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 Muhal Janog
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 19 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Janog

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.

Common questions about Up Muhal Janog

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Janog village had a population of 16. That makes it the 481st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Up Muhal Janog village has 10 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Janog has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Janog is 171012. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Janog covers 19.43 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 Muhal Janog falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Up Muhal Janog notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Up Muhal Janog.

Up Muhal Janog is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Up Muhal Janog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Janog (under 2 km), Digath (under 2 km) and Bhont (2.8 km).

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

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