About Simar Village

Simar is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 162 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246131
Area (hectares)	95.42 hectares
Population	331
Male Population	162
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simar compares

By the 2011 count Simar is the 21st largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 95.42 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1266.

Getting to Simar

Simar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simar 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 Simar from other places

Simar lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 39 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 Simar
Tehsil headquarters	Chaubattakhal	4.5 km
Nearest town	Pauri	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	39 km

Villages closest to Simar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simar village had a population of 331. That makes it the 21st largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Simar village has 162 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simar has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Simar is 246131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simar covers 95.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simar falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simar is Kotdwara, about 39 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 Simar.

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

Simar is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 4.5 km away. Pauri is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.