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About Simbli Village

Simbli is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 850 males and 859 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simbli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simbli village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144532
Area (hectares) 603 hectares
Population 1,709
Male Population 850
Female Population 859
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simbli compares

By the 2011 count Simbli is the 43rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 603 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Simbli

Simbli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simbli as Available within <5 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 Simbli from other places

Simbli lies about 50 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 5.4 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 Simbli
Nearest railway station Alachor 5.4 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 8.7 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 50 km

Villages closest to Simbli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simbli village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Simbli village has 850 males and 859 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simbli has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Simbli is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simbli covers 603 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simbli falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Simbli is Alachor, about 5.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Simbli.

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

Simbli is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 5.4 km away. Nawanshahr is about 6.2 km away. Garhshankar is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Najarpur (under 2 km), Chak Guru (1.6 km) and Chak Singha (2.1 km).

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

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