About Simra Village

Simra is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 102 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, 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	Kathikund
Pincode	814103
Area (hectares)	198.41 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	102
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Simra compares

By the 2011 count Simra is the 126th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 198.41 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Simra

Simra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. 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 village. 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	Kathikund	28 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 Kathikund 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 196. That makes it the 126th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Simra village has 102 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simra has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Simra is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simra covers 198.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simra falls under Kathikund 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 village.

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 Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 19 km away. Kathikund is about 28 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.