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About Up Muhal Soie Village

Up Muhal Soie is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 182 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Up Muhal Soie Overview

Census 2011 figures for Up Muhal Soie village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 117.72 hectares
Population 374
Male Population 182
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
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 Soie compares

By the 2011 count Up Muhal Soie is the 39th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 117.72 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Up Muhal Soie

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

Up Muhal Soie lies about 19 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 Soie
Tehsil headquarters Theog 6.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Up Muhal Soie

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 Soie

As per the Census of India 2011, Up Muhal Soie village had a population of 374. That makes it the 39th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Up Muhal Soie village has 182 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Up Muhal Soie has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Up Muhal Soie is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Up Muhal Soie covers 117.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Up Muhal Soie 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 <5 km distance for Up Muhal Soie.

Up Muhal Soie is about 19 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 Soie is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 6.6 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kufar Jeta (under 2 km), Kufar Khnal (under 2 km) and Up Muhal Bhaj (under 2 km).

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

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