About Simalya Village

Simalya is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 5 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	43.68 hectares
Population	10
Male Population	5
Female Population	5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalya compares

By the 2011 count Simalya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 43.68 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1139.

Getting to Simalya

Simalya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simalya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Simalya from other places

Simalya lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Simalya
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Simalya

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 Simalya

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalya village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Simalya village has 5 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalya has about 1000 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 Simalya is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalya covers 43.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simalya falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalya is Kotdwara, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simalya.

Simalya is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simalya is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Kotdwara is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.