About Simla Village

Simla is a mid sized village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,395, made up of 728 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares.

Simla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Area (hectares)	264 hectares
Population	1,395
Male Population	728
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simla compares

By the 2011 count Simla is the 17th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Simla

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

Simla lies about 39 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 14 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 Simla
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	14 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	23 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	39 km

Villages closest to Simla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simla village had a population of 1,395. That makes it the 17th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Simla village has 728 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simla has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Simla covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simla falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simla is Madankata Railway Station, about 14 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 Simla.

Simla is about 39 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simla is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 8.1 km away. Madankata Railway Station is about 14 km away. Jāmtāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.