About Up Muhal Shaya Village

Up Muhal Shaya is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 123 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Shaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Shaya village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	123
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Up Muhal Shaya compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Shaya is the 138th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Up Muhal Shaya

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

Up Muhal Shaya 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 Shaya
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Shaya

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 Shaya

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Shaya village had a population of 220. That makes it the 138th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Up Muhal Shaya village has 123 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Shaya has about 789 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 Shaya is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Shaya covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Shaya 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 Shaya.

Up Muhal Shaya 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 Shaya is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 14 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.