About Simgaon Village

Simgaon is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 561, made up of 281 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	256.4 hectares
Population	561
Male Population	281
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simgaon compares

By the 2011 count Simgaon is the 133rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 256.4 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Simgaon

Simgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simgaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simgaon from other places

Simgaon lies about 51 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Khariar Road, about 11 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 Simgaon
Nearest railway station	Khariar Road	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	20 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	51 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	51 km

Villages closest to Simgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simgaon village had a population of 561. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Simgaon village has 281 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simgaon has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Simgaon is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simgaon covers 256.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simgaon falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Simgaon is Khariar Road, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Simgaon is about 51 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simgaon is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Khariar Road is about 11 km away. Bagbahra is about 20 km away. Mahasamund is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.