About Simanijor Village

Simanijor is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 232 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simanijor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simanijor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	232
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simanijor compares

By the 2011 count Simanijor is the 113th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Simanijor

Simanijor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simanijor as Available within village. 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 Simanijor from other places

Simanijor lies about 17 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 18 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 Simanijor
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	17 km
District headquarters	Dumka	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	18 km

Villages closest to Simanijor

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 Simanijor

As per the Census of India 2011, Simanijor village had a population of 459. That makes it the 113th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Simanijor village has 232 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simanijor has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Simanijor is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simanijor covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simanijor falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simanijor is Kurwa, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simanijor.

Simanijor is about 17 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simanijor is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Shikaripara is about 17 km away. Dumka is about 17 km away. Kurwa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.