About Simkhet Village

Simkhet is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 81 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246275, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246275
Area (hectares)	22.28 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	81
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simkhet compares

By the 2011 count Simkhet is the 189th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 22.28 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Simkhet

Simkhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simkhet as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Simkhet from other places

Simkhet lies about 49 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 59 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 Simkhet
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	11 km
Nearest town	Pauri	39 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	49 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	59 km

Villages closest to Simkhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simkhet village had a population of 168. That makes it the 189th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Simkhet village has 81 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simkhet has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Simkhet is 246275. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simkhet covers 22.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Simkhet falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simkhet is Kotdwara, about 59 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 5 - 10 km distance for Simkhet.

Simkhet is about 49 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simkhet is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 11 km away. Pauri is about 39 km away. Garhwal is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.