About Simarai Village

Simarai is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 229 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simarai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Pincode	242405
Area (hectares)	87.25 hectares
Population	453
Male Population	229
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simarai compares

By the 2011 count Simarai is the 455th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 87.25 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Simarai

Simarai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Simarai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Simarai from other places

Simarai 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 Simarai
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 Simarai

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 Simarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Simarai village had a population of 453. That makes it the 455th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Simarai village has 229 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simarai has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Simarai is 242405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simarai covers 87.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Simarai is Banthra, about 7.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Simarai.

Simarai 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.

Simarai 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.