About Simalta Village

Simalta is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 87 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simalta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simalta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	42.44 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	87
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Simalta compares

By the 2011 count Simalta is the 133rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 42.44 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Simalta

Simalta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Simalta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Simalta from other places

Simalta 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 Simalta
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	12 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	66 km

Villages closest to Simalta

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 Simalta

As per the Census of India 2011, Simalta village had a population of 179. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Simalta village has 87 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simalta has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Simalta is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simalta covers 42.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simalta falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Simalta 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Simalta.

Simalta 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.

Simalta is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 12 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.