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About Simni Village

Simni is a mid sized village in Jhalda II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,327, made up of 684 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simni village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda II
Pincode 723213
Area (hectares) 531.09 hectares
Population 1,327
Male Population 684
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
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 Simni compares

By the 2011 count Simni is the 34th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents. Its 531.09 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Simni

Simni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Simni 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. The nearest villages by name are Samalpur, Sarjumhatu, Shalgram and Shoshodi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Simni

As per the Census of India 2011, Simni village had a population of 1,327. That makes it the 34th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents.

Simni village has 684 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simni has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Simni is 723213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simni covers 531.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Simni falls under Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Simni notes the nearest railway station 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 Simni.

Simni is in Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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