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

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Village · Kotkhai, Shimla 

# Up Muhal Chakuna

Up Muhal Chakuna is a village in Kotkhai sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **171202**. The 2011 Census counted **86 people in 21 households**, the 160th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 86people (2011)
- 21households
- 81.0%literacy
- 171202PIN code

## Up Muhal Chakuna PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code171202
- Community development blockJubbal-Kothkai
- Census village code026303

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

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

- Kotkhai (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)58 km by road
- Kotkhai (nearest town)18 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 Chakuna?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Up Muhal Chakuna; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bakhol
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kotkhai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jubbal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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.

## Homes and amenities in Up Muhal Chakuna

Of every 100 households in Up Muhal Chakuna in 2011, 100 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 19 a car.

■ Up Muhal Chakuna · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**42%

Tap water ****100%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**62%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**36%

Use banking services ****67%**

**76%

Television ****86%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**84%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****19%**

**18%

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

**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 Chakuna?

■ Up Muhal Chakuna · ■ Kotkhai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****830**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**918

Working population ****79.1%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 69.4% for women. 79% of men and 79% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 28 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (4%) · **■** Marginal 37 (54%)

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

- Mel-II92 people
- Golu90 people
- Dhanroti87 people
- Manewal86 people
- Silana -I82 people
- Phanel81 people
- Up Muhal Shalat80 people
- Halai79 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 Chakuna?171202
- How far is Up Muhal Chakuna from Shimla?58 km by road
- What is the population of Up Muhal Chakuna?86 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Up Muhal Chakuna in?Shimla district (Kotkhai sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Up Muhal Chakuna?81.0% (Census 2011)