About Simri Village

Simri is one of the larger villages in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17,670, made up of 9,346 males and 8,324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Pincode	802135
Area (hectares)	815.83 hectares
Population	17,670
Male Population	9,346
Female Population	8,324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Simri compares

By the 2011 count Simri is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 815.83 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Simri

Simri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Simri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simri from other places

Simri lies about 16 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Dumraon, about 8.0 km away. 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 Simri
Nearest railway station	Dumraon	8.0 km
District headquarters	Buxar	16 km

Villages closest to Simri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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.

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Common questions about Simri

As per the Census of India 2011, Simri village had a population of 17,670. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Simri village has 9,346 males and 8,324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simri has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Simri is 802135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simri covers 815.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Simri falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Simri is Dumraon, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Simri.

Simri is about 16 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simri is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Dumraon is about 8.0 km away. Buxar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.