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About Simal Gaon Village

Simal Gaon is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 28 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 266131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simal Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Chaubattakhal
Pincode 266131
Area (hectares) 30.17 hectares
Population 59
Male Population 28
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
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 Simal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Simal Gaon is the 167th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 30.17 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Simal Gaon

Simal Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Simal Gaon 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 Simal Gaon from other places

Simal Gaon lies about 25 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Simal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Chaubattakhal 5.5 km
District headquarters Garhwal 25 km
Nearest town Pauri 25 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km

Villages closest to Simal Gaon

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.

Common questions about Simal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Simal Gaon village had a population of 59. That makes it the 167th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Simal Gaon village has 28 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simal Gaon has about 1107 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 Simal Gaon is 266131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simal Gaon covers 30.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simal Gaon falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simal Gaon is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Simal Gaon.

Simal Gaon is about 25 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simal Gaon is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 5.5 km away. Garhwal is about 25 km away. Pauri 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 Kher Gaon (under 2 km), Bhadmoli Malli (under 2 km) and Bhadmoli Talli (under 2 km).

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

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