About Simtola Village

Simtola is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5, made up of 3 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simtola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simtola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	5.05 hectares
Population	5
Male Population	3
Female Population	2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
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 Simtola compares

By the 2011 count Simtola is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 5.05 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Simtola

Simtola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simtola 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 Simtola from other places

Simtola lies about 27 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 58 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 Simtola
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	9.4 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	27 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	58 km

Villages closest to Simtola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Simtola village had a population of 5. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Simtola village has 3 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simtola has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Simtola is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simtola covers 5.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Simtola falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simtola is Kathgodam, about 58 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 Simtola.

Simtola is about 27 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simtola is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 9.4 km away. Pithoragarh is about 27 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.