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About Simal Khet Village

Simal Khet is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 5 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simal Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simal Khet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262534
Area (hectares) 10.07 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 5
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simal Khet compares

By the 2011 count Simal Khet is the 264th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 10.07 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1140.

Getting to Simal Khet

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

Simal Khet lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 66 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 Simal Khet
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 13 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 30 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 66 km

Villages closest to Simal Khet

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Berinag 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 Simal Khet

As per the Census of India 2011, Simal Khet village had a population of 11. That makes it the 264th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Simal Khet village has 5 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simal Khet has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Simal Khet is 262534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simal Khet covers 10.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simal Khet falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simal Khet is Kathgodam, about 66 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 <5 km distance for Simal Khet.

Simal Khet is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simal Khet is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 13 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banoli (2.5 km), Bhulyudo Panoli (2.5 km) and Dhanoli Pant (2.5 km).

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

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