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About Simri Village

Simri is a small village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 252 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.07 hectares hectares.

Simri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Pawai
Area (hectares) 312.07 hectares
Population 458
Male Population 252
Female Population 206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simri compares

By the 2011 count Simri is the 106th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 312.07 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Simri

Simri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simri from other places

Simri lies about 50 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 41 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 Simri
Tehsil headquarters Pawai 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Rithi 41 km
District headquarters Panna 50 km

Villages closest to Simri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simri village had a population of 458. That makes it the 106th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Simri village has 252 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simri has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Simri covers 312.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simri falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simri is Rithi, about 41 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Simri.

Simri is about 50 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simri is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Pawai is about 6.4 km away. Rithi is about 41 km away. Panna is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simri Khurd (under 2 km), Khamariya (under 2 km) and Patori (1.5 km).

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

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