About Up Muhal Kawalag Village

Up Muhal Kawalag is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 169 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171009, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Kawalag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Kawalag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171009
Area (hectares)	113.64 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	169
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Kawalag compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Kawalag is the 50th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 113.64 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Up Muhal Kawalag

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

Up Muhal Kawalag lies about 6.9 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Taradevi, about 6.1 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 Muhal Kawalag
Nearest railway station	Taradevi	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	6.9 km
District headquarters	Shimla	6.9 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Kawalag

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 Up Muhal Kawalag

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Kawalag village had a population of 322. That makes it the 50th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Up Muhal Kawalag village has 169 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Kawalag has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Kawalag is 171009. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Kawalag covers 113.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Up Muhal Kawalag falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Kawalag is Taradevi, about 6.1 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 Muhal Kawalag.

Up Muhal Kawalag is about 6.9 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 Kawalag is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Taradevi is about 6.1 km away. Shimla Rural is about 6.9 km away. Shimla is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.