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About Simra Village

Simra is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 179 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.01 hectares hectares.

Simra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 110.01 hectares
Population 351
Male Population 179
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simra compares

By the 2011 count Simra is the 500th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 110.01 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 Simra

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

Simra lies about 22 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhakia Tiwari, about 10 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 Simra
Nearest railway station Dhakia Tiwari 10 km
Nearest town Pawāyan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 22 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 22 km

Villages closest to Simra

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.

Common questions about Simra

As per the Census of India 2011, Simra village had a population of 351. That makes it the 500th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Simra village has 179 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simra has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Simra covers 110.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Simra is Dhakia Tiwari, about 10 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 for Simra.

Simra is about 22 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simra is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dhakia Tiwari is about 10 km away. Pawāyan is about 11 km away. Powayan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simra Biran (under 2 km), Shekhupur (under 2 km) and Diuria Jaswantpur (1.7 km).

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

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