About Simla Village

Simla is a mid sized village in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 323 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Karma Tanr Vidyasagar
Pincode	815351
Area (hectares)	146 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	323
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simla compares

By the 2011 count Simla is the 69th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 146 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Simla

Simla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Simla as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 12 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.0 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	Kaseetar Halt	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karma Tanr Vidyasagar	12 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	12 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	12 km

Villages closest to Simla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar 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 616. That makes it the 69th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Simla village has 323 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simla has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Simla is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simla covers 146 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simla falls under Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simla is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Simla.

Simla is about 12 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simla is in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district. Kaseetar Halt is about 9.0 km away. Karma Tanr Vidyasagar is about 12 km away. Jamtara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.