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About Simbua Village

Simbua is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 104 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simbua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simbua village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Murhu
Pincode 835216
Area (hectares) 92.56 hectares
Population 212
Male Population 104
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
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 Simbua compares

By the 2011 count Simbua is the 122nd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 92.56 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Simbua

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

Simbua lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 30 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 Simbua
Tehsil headquarters Murhu 7.2 km
District headquarters Khunti 18 km
Nearest railway station Karra 30 km

Villages closest to Simbua

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

Common questions about Simbua

As per the Census of India 2011, Simbua village had a population of 212. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Simbua village has 104 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simbua has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Simbua is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simbua covers 92.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simbua falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simbua is Karra, about 30 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 Simbua.

Simbua is about 18 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simbua is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 7.2 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Karra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarwada (under 2 km), Barkela (under 2 km) and Kulipiri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Simbua today is likely to be higher.

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