About Simra Village

Simra is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 231 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814101
Area (hectares)	82 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	231
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
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 Simra compares

By the 2011 count Simra is the 113th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Simra

Simra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simra 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 Simra from other places

Simra lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 19 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 Simra
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	22 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Simra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simra village had a population of 439. That makes it the 113th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Simra village has 231 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simra has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Simra is 814101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simra covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simra falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simra is Basukinath Railway Station, about 19 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 Simra.

Simra is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simra is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 19 km away. Jama is about 22 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.