About Simaljor Village

Simaljor is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 93 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simaljor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simaljor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	93
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 Simaljor compares

By the 2011 count Simaljor is the 151st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Simaljor

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

Simaljor lies about 31 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 2.7 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 Simaljor
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	2.7 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Simaljor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simaljor village had a population of 172. That makes it the 151st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Simaljor village has 93 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simaljor has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Simaljor is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simaljor covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simaljor falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simaljor is Harinsing, about 2.7 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 Simaljor.

Simaljor is about 31 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simaljor is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 2.7 km away. Rampur Hat is about 24 km away. Ranishwar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.