About Simlta Village

Simlta is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 92 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simlta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simlta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	101.25 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	92
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simlta compares

By the 2011 count Simlta is the 86th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 101.25 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Simlta

Simlta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simlta 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 Simlta from other places

Simlta lies about 21 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about under 2 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 Simlta
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	under 2 km
Nearest town	Shimla	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	15 km
District headquarters	Solan	21 km

Villages closest to Simlta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simlta village had a population of 195. That makes it the 86th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Simlta village has 92 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simlta has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Simlta is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simlta covers 101.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simlta falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simlta is Jutogh, about under 2 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 Simlta.

Simlta is about 21 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simlta is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Jutogh is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 4.8 km away. Arki is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.