About Simalti Village

Simalti is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 361 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	361
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalti compares

By the 2011 count Simalti is the 57th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Simalti

Simalti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Simalti as Available within 5 - 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 Simalti from other places

Simalti lies about 13 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, about 2.3 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 Simalti
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	13 km
District headquarters	Dumka	13 km

Villages closest to Simalti

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 Simalti

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalti village had a population of 728. That makes it the 57th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Simalti village has 361 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalti has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Simalti covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalti falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalti is Barmasia, about 2.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simalti.

Simalti is about 13 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalti is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 2.3 km away. Shikaripara is about 13 km away. Dumka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.