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About Up Muhal Rikhta Village

Up Muhal Rikhta is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 21 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Rikhta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Rikhta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171212
Area (hectares) 111 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 21
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
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 Rikhta compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Rikhta is the 368th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Rikhta

Up Muhal Rikhta is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Up Muhal Rikhta 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. The nearest villages by name are Up Muhal Patla Dhar, Up Muhal Patmani, Up Muhal Phargoa and Up Muhal Rachan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Rikhta

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Rikhta village had a population of 38. That makes it the 368th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Up Muhal Rikhta village has 21 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Rikhta has about 810 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 Rikhta is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Rikhta covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Rikhta 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 Rikhta.

Up Muhal Rikhta is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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