About Simbal Village

Simbal is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 57 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 772 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simbal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	405026
Area (hectares)	268 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	57
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	772
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simbal compares

By the 2011 count Simbal is the 305th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 268 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 934.

Getting to Simbal

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

Simbal lies about 55 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 13 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 Simbal
Nearest railway station	Kathua	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	25 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	55 km

Villages closest to Simbal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simbal village had a population of 101. That makes it the 305th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Simbal village has 57 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simbal has about 772 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Simbal is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simbal covers 268 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simbal falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Simbal is Kathua, about 13 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 Simbal.

Simbal is about 55 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simbal is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Kathua is about 13 km away. Pathankot is about 25 km away. Gurdaspur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.