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About Simalsaira Village

Simalsaira is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 76 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalsaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalsaira village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 60.69 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 76
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalsaira compares

By the 2011 count Simalsaira is the 164th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 60.69 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Simalsaira

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

Simalsaira 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 Simalsaira
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 6.1 km
District headquarters Garhwal 7.3 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 17 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 17 km

Villages closest to Simalsaira

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 Simalsaira

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalsaira village had a population of 160. That makes it the 164th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Simalsaira village has 76 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalsaira has about 1105 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 Simalsaira is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalsaira covers 60.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalsaira falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalsaira is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Simalsaira.

Simalsaira 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.

Simalsaira is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 6.1 km away. Garhwal is about 7.3 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simliya (under 2 km), Maletha (under 2 km) and Nousin (under 2 km).

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

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