About Simalchaur Village

Simalchaur is a mid sized village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,784, made up of 853 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalchaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalchaur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246149
Area (hectares)	49.15 hectares
Population	1,784
Male Population	853
Female Population	931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Simalchaur compares

By the 2011 count Simalchaur is the 17th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 49.15 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Simalchaur

Simalchaur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simalchaur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Simalchaur from other places

Simalchaur lies about 7.3 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Simalchaur
District headquarters	Garhwal	7.3 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	17 km

Villages closest to Simalchaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalchaur village had a population of 1,784. That makes it the 17th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Simalchaur village has 853 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalchaur has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Simalchaur is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalchaur covers 49.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Simalchaur falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalchaur is Kotdwara, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Simalchaur.

Simalchaur is about 7.3 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalchaur is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 7.3 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Kotdwara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.