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About Simalkhet Village

Simalkhet is a small village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 21 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 476 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalkhet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Pati
Pincode 262580
Area (hectares) 14.08 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 21
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 476
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalkhet compares

By the 2011 count Simalkhet is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 14.08 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Simalkhet

Simalkhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simalkhet 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simalkhet from other places

Simalkhet lies about 19 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 48 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 Simalkhet
Tehsil headquarters Pati 9.5 km
District headquarters Champawat 19 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 25 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 48 km

Villages closest to Simalkhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalkhet village had a population of 31. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Simalkhet village has 21 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalkhet has about 476 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Simalkhet is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalkhet covers 14.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalkhet falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalkhet is Tanakpur, about 48 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Simalkhet.

Simalkhet is about 19 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalkhet is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Pati is about 9.5 km away. Champawat is about 19 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kajeena (2.7 km), Sibyoli (2.9 km) and Dashiya (4.0 km).

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

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