About Simayal Village

Simayal is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 133 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,466 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simayal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simayal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Berinag
Pincode	262534
Area (hectares)	134.43 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	133
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,466
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simayal compares

By the 2011 count Simayal is the 36th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 134.43 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Simayal

Simayal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simayal as Available within 10+ 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 Simayal from other places

Simayal lies about 52 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 76 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 Simayal
Tehsil headquarters	Berinag	27 km
Nearest town	Almora	38 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	52 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	76 km

Villages closest to Simayal

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.

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Common questions about Simayal

As per the Census of India 2011, Simayal village had a population of 328. That makes it the 36th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Simayal village has 133 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simayal has about 1466 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

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

Simayal covers 134.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simayal falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simayal is Kathgodam, about 76 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Simayal.

Simayal is about 52 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simayal is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 27 km away. Almora is about 38 km away. Pithoragarh is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.