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About Simlatanr Village

Simlatanr is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,721, made up of 916 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.04 hectares hectares.

Simlatanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simlatanr village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Gobindpur
Area (hectares) 167.04 hectares
Population 1,721
Male Population 916
Female Population 805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simlatanr compares

By the 2011 count Simlatanr is the 35th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 167.04 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Simlatanr

Simlatanr is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simlatanr as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Simlatanr from other places

Simlatanr lies about 131 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.7 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 Simlatanr
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 3.7 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Gobindpur 27 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 131 km

Villages closest to Simlatanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simlatanr village had a population of 1,721. That makes it the 35th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Simlatanr village has 916 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simlatanr has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Simlatanr covers 167.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Simlatanr falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simlatanr is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simlatanr.

Simlatanr is about 131 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simlatanr is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 3.7 km away. Chāībāsa is about 23 km away. Gobindpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simlabera (under 2 km), Hariadi (under 2 km) and Kurchi (5.0 km).

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

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