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About Simiba Village

Simiba is a large village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,188, made up of 1,061 males and 1,127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simiba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simiba village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chaibasa
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 544 hectares
Population 2,188
Male Population 1,061
Female Population 1,127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
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 Simiba compares

By the 2011 count Simiba is the 7th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 544 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Simiba

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

Simiba lies about 15 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 2.1 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 Simiba
Nearest railway station Barabambo 2.1 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 10 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Chaibasa 17 km

Villages closest to Simiba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simiba village had a population of 2,188. That makes it the 7th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Simiba village has 1,061 males and 1,127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simiba has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Simiba is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simiba covers 544 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simiba falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simiba is Barabambo, about 2.1 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 Simiba.

Simiba is about 15 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simiba is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Barabambo is about 2.1 km away. Chakradharpur is about 10 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bardar (6.6 km), Matkamhatu (7.1 km) and Gunabasa (7.1 km).

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

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