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About Simrar Village

Simrar is a small village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 21 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simrar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simrar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Kosya Kutauli
Pincode 263831
Area (hectares) 52.06 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 21
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,286
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simrar compares

By the 2011 count Simrar is the 99th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 52.06 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Simrar

Simrar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Simrar as Available within <5 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 Simrar from other places

Simrar lies about 9.7 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 27 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 Simrar
Tehsil headquarters Kosya Kutauli 4.8 km
District headquarters Nainital 9.7 km
Nearest town Naini Tāl 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 27 km

Villages closest to Simrar

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.

Common questions about Simrar

As per the Census of India 2011, Simrar village had a population of 48. That makes it the 99th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Simrar village has 21 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simrar has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Simrar is 263831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simrar covers 52.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Simrar is Kathgodam, about 27 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simrar.

Simrar is about 9.7 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simrar is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Kosya Kutauli is about 4.8 km away. Nainital is about 9.7 km away. Naini Tāl is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simrarh (under 2 km), Pangkatara (under 2 km) and Khalar (1.9 km).

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

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