About Up Muhal Rachan Village

Up Muhal Rachan is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 76 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Rachan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Rachan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	99.39 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	76
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Rachan compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Rachan is the 215th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 99.39 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 990.

Getting to Up Muhal Rachan

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

Up Muhal Rachan lies about 26 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 Rachan
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Rachan

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.

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Common questions about Up Muhal Rachan

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Rachan village had a population of 144. That makes it the 215th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Up Muhal Rachan village has 76 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Rachan has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Up Muhal Rachan covers 99.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Rachan notes the nearest railway station 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 Rachan.

Up Muhal Rachan is about 26 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 Rachan is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.