About Simalt Village

Simalt is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 57 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalt village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	46.08 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	57
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
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 Simalt compares

By the 2011 count Simalt is the 108th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 46.08 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Simalt

Simalt is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Simalt 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 Simalt from other places

Simalt lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 78 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 Simalt
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	18 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	78 km

Villages closest to Simalt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalt village had a population of 117. That makes it the 108th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Simalt village has 57 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalt has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Simalt is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalt covers 46.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalt falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalt is Rishikesh, about 78 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 Simalt.

Simalt is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalt is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 18 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.