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About Up Muhal Patla Dhar Village

Up Muhal Patla Dhar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 86 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Patla Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Patla Dhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171212
Area (hectares) 114 hectares
Population 183
Male Population 86
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Patla Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Patla Dhar is the 175th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 114 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, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Up Muhal Patla Dhar

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

Up Muhal Patla Dhar lies about 32 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 26 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 Patla Dhar
Tehsil headquarters Theog 26 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 26 km
Nearest town Solan 27 km
District headquarters Shimla 32 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Patla Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 Patla Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Patla Dhar village had a population of 183. That makes it the 175th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Up Muhal Patla Dhar village has 86 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Patla Dhar has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Patla Dhar is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Patla Dhar covers 114 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.

Up Muhal Patla Dhar falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Up Muhal Patla Dhar is Salogra, about 26 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 <5 km distance for Up Muhal Patla Dhar.

Up Muhal Patla Dhar is about 32 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 Patla Dhar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 26 km away. Salogra is about 26 km away. Solan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darjoli Dhar (under 2 km), Dhar (under 2 km) and Dhar Tarponu (under 2 km).

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

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