# Simla Village, Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/simla/ Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan # Simla Simla is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833220**. The 2011 Census counted **2,029 people in 439 households**, the 7th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%. - 2,029people (2011) - 439households - 61.1%literacy - 833220PIN code ## Simla PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Simla is 833220.** Simla falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand. - PIN code833220 - Gram panchayatSimla - Community development blockKharsawan - Census village code378734 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Simla from nearby towns? - Kharawan (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Seraikela Kharsawan (district HQ)15 km by road - Seraikela (nearest town)15 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Simla? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Simla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kharswana - ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela - ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kharsawana - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Simla known for? The main crops are **rice**. About 61% of the 322 hectares of village land is sown, and 104 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Simla Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 76 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Simla · ■ Kharsawan rural average Electricity for lighting ****76%** **74% Toilet within the home ****5%** **7% No toilet (open defecation) ****95%** **92% Tap water ****0%** **7% Drinking water within premises ****7%** **8% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%** **92% Use banking services ****72%** **71% Television ****24%** **23% Mobile phone ****23%** **36% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****10%** **12% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****12%** **17% Own their home ****99%** **98% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Simla? ■ Simla · ■ Kharsawan rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%** **65.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955** **970 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907** **947 Working population ****42.1%** **40.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 75.7% for men and 45.9% for women. 52% of men and 32% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 178 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 274 (32%) · **■** Household industry 62 (7%) · **■** Other work 250 (29%) · **■** Marginal 90 (11%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Kharsawan - Riring2,654 people - Kadamdiha2,445 people - Bara Amda2,146 people - Haribhanja2,133 people - Bara Bambu1,878 people - Dalai Kela1,587 people - Iojodih1,558 people - Bitaburu1,338 people [All 134 villages in Kharsawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Simla?833220 - How far is Simla from Seraikela Kharsawan?15 km by road - What is the population of Simla?2,029 (Census 2011) - Which district is Simla in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Simla?61.1% (Census 2011)