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About Simliya Lagga Kunigar Village

Simliya Lagga Kunigar is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 69 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,609 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simliya Lagga Kunigar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Gairsain
Pincode 246431
Area (hectares) 41.13 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 69
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,609
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simliya Lagga Kunigar compares

By the 2011 count Simliya Lagga Kunigar is the 127th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 41.13 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Simliya Lagga Kunigar

Simliya Lagga Kunigar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Simliya Lagga Kunigar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Simliya Lagga Kunigar from other places

Simliya Lagga Kunigar lies about 51 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 64 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 Simliya Lagga Kunigar
Tehsil headquarters Gairsain 12 km
District headquarters Chamoli 51 km
Nearest town Almora 52 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 64 km

Villages closest to Simliya Lagga Kunigar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gairsain 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 Simliya Lagga Kunigar

As per the Census of India 2011, Simliya Lagga Kunigar village had a population of 180. That makes it the 127th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar village has 69 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simliya Lagga Kunigar has about 1609 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Simliya Lagga Kunigar is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar covers 41.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simliya Lagga Kunigar is Ramnagar, about 64 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 <5 km distance for Simliya Lagga Kunigar.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar is about 51 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simliya Lagga Kunigar is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 12 km away. Chamoli is about 51 km away. Almora is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kunigar Malli (under 2 km), Kotha (under 2 km) and Kalyana Malla (under 2 km).

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

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