About Simra Village

Simra is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 223 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814118, 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	Jarmundi
Pincode	814118
Area (hectares)	129.16 hectares
Population	477
Male Population	223
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
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 87th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 129.16 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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	Jarmundi	19 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 Jarmundi 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Simra

As per the Census of India 2011, Simra village had a population of 477. That makes it the 87th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Simra village has 223 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simra has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Simra is 814118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simra covers 129.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simra falls under Jarmundi 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 Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 19 km away. Jarmundi is about 19 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.