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About Simaldhar Village

Simaldhar is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 20 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simaldhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simaldhar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 11.66 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 20
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simaldhar compares

By the 2011 count Simaldhar is the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 11.66 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1243.

Getting to Simaldhar

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

Simaldhar lies about 12 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 Simaldhar
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 8.3 km
District headquarters Garhwal 12 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 21 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 21 km

Villages closest to Simaldhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simaldhar village had a population of 40. That makes it the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Simaldhar village has 20 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simaldhar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Simaldhar is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simaldhar covers 11.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simaldhar falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simaldhar 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Simaldhar.

Simaldhar is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simaldhar is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 8.3 km away. Garhwal is about 12 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.

The closest recorded villages are Jakh Talla (under 2 km), Duugal Dhar Or Dungardhar (under 2 km) and Jakh Malla (under 2 km).

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

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