About Simla Village

Simla is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 256 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	256
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
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 Simla compares

By the 2011 count Simla is the 94th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Simla

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

Simla lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 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 Simla
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Simla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simla village had a population of 527. That makes it the 94th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Simla village has 256 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simla has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Simla is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simla covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simla falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simla is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 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 Simla.

Simla 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.

Simla is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 25 km away. Shikaripara 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.