About Simar Village

Simar is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 33 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,515 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	43.77 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	33
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,515
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simar compares

By the 2011 count Simar is the 245th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 43.77 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1103.

Getting to Simar

Simar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Simar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Simar from other places

Simar lies about 23 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 80 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 Simar
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	18 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	23 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	23 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	80 km

Villages closest to Simar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simar village had a population of 83. That makes it the 245th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Simar village has 33 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simar has about 1515 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Simar is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simar covers 43.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simar falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simar is Tanakpur, about 80 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Simar.

Simar is about 23 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simar is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 18 km away. Pithoragarh is about 23 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.