About Simara Village

Simara is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 199 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.05 hectares hectares.

Simara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	104.05 hectares
Population	371
Male Population	199
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Simara compares

By the 2011 count Simara is the 489th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 104.05 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Simara

Simara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Simara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simara from other places

Simara lies about 9.4 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Banthra, about 7.2 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 Simara
Nearest town	Kānt	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Banthra	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	9.4 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	9.4 km

Villages closest to Simara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simara village had a population of 371. That makes it the 489th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Simara village has 199 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simara has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Simara covers 104.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simara falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Simara is Banthra, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Simara.

Simara is about 9.4 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simara is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Kānt is about 6.5 km away. Banthra is about 7.2 km away. Powayan is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.