# Up Mahal Dakehar Village, Nerua, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Nerua, Shimla 

# Up Mahal Dakehar

Up Mahal Dakehar is a village in Nerua sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **171210**. The 2011 Census counted **52 people in 9 households**, the 163rd largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 52people (2011)
- 9households
- 74.5%literacy
- 171210PIN code

## Up Mahal Dakehar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Up Mahal Dakehar is 171210.** Up Mahal Dakehar falls in Nerua sub-district, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code171210
- Community development blockChaupal
- Census village code025836

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

## How far is Up Mahal Dakehar from nearby towns?

- Nerua (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)165 km by road
- Chaupal (nearest town)68 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 Mahal Dakehar?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Up Mahal Dakehar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Dhamrawali
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bohar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nerua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaupal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ 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.

## What is Up Mahal Dakehar known for?

The main crops are **pulses and maize**. About 5% of the 212 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 Mahal Dakehar

Of every 100 households in Up Mahal Dakehar in 2011, 100 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Up Mahal Dakehar · ■ Nerua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**55%

Tap water ****100%**

**92%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**25%

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

**26%

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

**72%

Use banking services ****78%**

**79%

Television ****0%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**90%

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 Mahal Dakehar?

■ Up Mahal Dakehar · ■ Nerua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****733**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**954

Working population ****53.8%**

**56.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 52.6% for women. 47% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 25 (89%) · **■** Other work 3 (11%)

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 Nerua

- Up Mahal Rewthi56 people
- Up Mahal Mandal55 people
- Up Mahal Phajabag55 people
- Up Mahal Dhar54 people
- D.P.F. Barhanu48 people
- Burch40 people
- D.P.F. Chila39 people
- Dhar39 people

[All 247 villages in Nerua](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/shimla/nerua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Up Mahal Dakehar?171210
- How far is Up Mahal Dakehar from Shimla?165 km by road
- What is the population of Up Mahal Dakehar?52 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Up Mahal Dakehar in?Shimla district (Nerua sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Up Mahal Dakehar?74.5% (Census 2011)