About Simalkhan Village

Simalkhan is a mid sized village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 325 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalkhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalkhan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263135
Area (hectares)	48.18 hectares
Population	697
Male Population	325
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalkhan compares

By the 2011 count Simalkhan is the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 48.18 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Simalkhan

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

Simalkhan lies about 13 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Simalkhan
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	5.8 km
District headquarters	Nainital	13 km
Nearest town	Naini Tāl	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	29 km

Villages closest to Simalkhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Simalkhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalkhan village had a population of 697. That makes it the 6th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Simalkhan village has 325 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalkhan has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Simalkhan is 263135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalkhan covers 48.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Simalkhan falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalkhan is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Simalkhan.

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

Simalkhan is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Kosya Kutauli is about 5.8 km away. Nainital is about 13 km away. Naini Tāl is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.