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About Simalgora Village

Simalgora is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 46 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalgora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalgora village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Pathna
Pincode 816101
Area (hectares) 32.03 hectares
Population 85
Male Population 46
Female Population 39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Simalgora compares

By the 2011 count Simalgora is the 100th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 32.03 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Simalgora

Simalgora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simalgora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simalgora from other places

Simalgora lies about 39 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 2.8 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 Simalgora
Nearest railway station Bakudi 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathna 7.1 km
Nearest town Farakka 17 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 39 km

Villages closest to Simalgora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalgora village had a population of 85. That makes it the 100th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Simalgora village has 46 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalgora has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Simalgora is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalgora covers 32.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalgora falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalgora is Bakudi, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Simalgora.

Simalgora is about 39 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalgora is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 2.8 km away. Pathna is about 7.1 km away. Farakka is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandolapahar (under 2 km), Saraibindha (under 2 km) and Saroapur (1.8 km).

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

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