# Up Muhal Badon Village, Kotkhai, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Kotkhai, Shimla 

# Up Muhal Badon

Up Muhal Badon is a village in Kotkhai sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **171202**. The 2011 Census counted **133 people in 31 households**, the 118th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 133people (2011)
- 31households
- 81.4%literacy
- 171202PIN code

## Up Muhal Badon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Up Muhal Badon is 171202.** Up Muhal Badon falls in Kotkhai sub-district, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code171202
- Community development blockJubbal-Kothkai
- Census village code026185

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Up Muhal Badon from nearby towns?

- Kotkhai (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)60 km by road
- Kotkhai (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Up Muhal Badon?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Up Muhal Badon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Rawlakyar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Theog
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jubbal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Up Muhal Badon known for?

The main crops are **maize and wheat**. About 15% of the 128 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Up Muhal Badon

Of every 100 households in Up Muhal Badon in 2011, 93 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 73 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Up Muhal Badon · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**42%

Tap water ****97%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****73%**

**62%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**36%

Use banking services ****90%**

**76%

Television ****83%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**84%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**18%

None of these assets ****0%**

**6%

Own their home ****93%**

**79%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Up Muhal Badon?

■ Up Muhal Badon · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**918

Working population ****72.2%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 73.7% for women. 71% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 46 (48%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kotkhai

- Kufar137 people
- Sharoli137 people
- Bakhral135 people
- Jaru133 people
- Bag131 people
- Nagan131 people
- Koti129 people
- Up Muhal Shoshan128 people

[All 250 villages in Kotkhai](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/shimla/kotkhai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Up Muhal Badon?171202
- How far is Up Muhal Badon from Shimla?60 km by road
- What is the population of Up Muhal Badon?133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Up Muhal Badon in?Shimla district (Kotkhai sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Up Muhal Badon?81.4% (Census 2011)