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About Simni Village

Simni is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 50 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Ramshahr
Pincode 174102
Area (hectares) 29.04 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 50
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simni compares

By the 2011 count Simni is the 112th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 29.04 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Simni

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

Simni lies about 8.4 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about 1.6 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 Simni
Nearest railway station Dharampur Himachal 1.6 km
District headquarters Solan 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramshahr 29 km

Villages closest to Simni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simni village had a population of 110. That makes it the 112th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Simni village has 50 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simni has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Simni is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simni covers 29.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simni falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simni is Dharampur Himachal, about 1.6 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 Simni.

Simni is about 8.4 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simni is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Dharampur Himachal is about 1.6 km away. Solan is about 8.4 km away. Ramshahr is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Soon (3.9 km), Manlog Kalan (5.0 km) and Manlog Khurd (5.0 km).

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

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