About Simrai Village

Simrai is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,719, made up of 933 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.4 hectares hectares.

Simrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simrai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	379.4 hectares
Population	1,719
Male Population	933
Female Population	786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
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 Simrai compares

By the 2011 count Simrai is the 20th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 379.4 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 911.

Getting to Simrai

Simrai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simrai 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 Simrai from other places

Simrai lies about 39 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Itayakalan, about under 2 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 Simrai
Nearest railway station	Itayakalan	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mandideep	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	13 km
District headquarters	Raisen	39 km

Villages closest to Simrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simrai village had a population of 1,719. That makes it the 20th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Simrai village has 933 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simrai has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Simrai covers 379.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simrai falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simrai is Itayakalan, about under 2 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 Simrai.

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

Simrai is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Itayakalan is about under 2 km away. Mandideep is about 3.9 km away. Goharganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.