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

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Village · Kotkhai, Shimla 

# Up Muhal Badruni

Up Muhal Badruni is a village in Kotkhai sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **171204**. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 84 households**, the 26th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 313people (2011)
- 84households
- 81.8%literacy
- 171204PIN code

## Up Muhal Badruni PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Up Muhal Badruni is 171204.** Up Muhal Badruni falls in Kotkhai sub-district, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code171204
- Community development blockJubbal-Kothkai
- Census village code026165

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

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

- Kotkhai (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)72 km by road
- Kotkhai (nearest town)14 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 Badruni?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dewari Kharoti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kotkhai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jubbal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Badruni known for?

The main crops are **maize and wheat**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Up Muhal Badruni

Of every 100 households in Up Muhal Badruni in 2011, 94 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 55 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Up Muhal Badruni · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**42%

Tap water ****96%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****55%**

**62%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**36%

Use banking services ****84%**

**76%

Television ****81%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**84%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**18%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Badruni?

■ Up Muhal Badruni · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1032**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**918

Working population ****66.5%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 74.0% for women. 69% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (9%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 98 (47%)

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

- Khola330 people
- Pajeli322 people
- Kharel318 people
- Himri316 people
- Kharki311 people
- Kothi310 people
- Padrah304 people
- Pali304 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 Badruni?171204
- How far is Up Muhal Badruni from Shimla?72 km by road
- What is the population of Up Muhal Badruni?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Up Muhal Badruni in?Shimla district (Kotkhai sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Up Muhal Badruni?81.8% (Census 2011)