About Simra Village

Simra is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 774 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 661.73 hectares hectares.

Simra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	661.73 hectares
Population	1,496
Male Population	774
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simra compares

By the 2011 count Simra is the 25th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 661.73 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Simra

Simra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Simra from other places

Simra lies about 25 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patohan, about 5.6 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 Simra
Nearest railway station	Patohan	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	7.6 km
District headquarters	Katni	25 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	25 km

Villages closest to Simra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simra village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 25th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Simra village has 774 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simra has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Simra covers 661.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simra falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simra is Patohan, about 5.6 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 village for Simra.

Simra is about 25 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simra is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Patohan is about 5.6 km away. Rithi is about 7.6 km away. Katni is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.