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About Simun Village

Simun is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 133 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simun village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 171102
Area (hectares) 84.4 hectares
Population 269
Male Population 133
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simun compares

By the 2011 count Simun is the 50th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 84.4 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Simun

Simun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simun as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Simun from other places

Simun lies about 61 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 Simun
Nearest town Sundarnagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Arki 31 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 40 km
District headquarters Solan 61 km

Villages closest to Simun

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.

Common questions about Simun

As per the Census of India 2011, Simun village had a population of 269. That makes it the 50th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Simun village has 133 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simun has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Simun is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simun covers 84.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Simun is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 <5 km distance for Simun.

Simun is about 61 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simun is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Arki is about 31 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasiat (1.5 km), Khad Kanaitan (5.7 km) and Khadjatan (5.7 km).

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

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