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About Simbal Lahr Village

Simbal Lahr is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 56 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simbal Lahr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simbal Lahr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176101
Area (hectares) 78.03 hectares
Population 116
Male Population 56
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simbal Lahr compares

By the 2011 count Simbal Lahr is the 67th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 78.03 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Simbal Lahr

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

How far is Simbal Lahr from other places

Simbal Lahr lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 5.5 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 Simbal Lahr
Nearest railway station Tripal 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest town Talwāra 29 km

Villages closest to Simbal Lahr

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

Common questions about Simbal Lahr

As per the Census of India 2011, Simbal Lahr village had a population of 116. That makes it the 67th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Simbal Lahr village has 56 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simbal Lahr has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Simbal Lahr is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simbal Lahr covers 78.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simbal Lahr falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simbal Lahr is Tripal, about 5.5 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Simbal Lahr.

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

Simbal Lahr is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 5.5 km away. Dhira is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simbal Pat (2.8 km), Alsehar (12 km) and Chau Da Lahar (12 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Simbal Lahr today is likely to be higher.

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