Village · Jamai, Chhindwara
# Simariya Banda

Simariya Banda is a village in Jamai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 473 people in 86 households, the 161st largest of 261 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.
- 473 people (2011)
- 86 households
- 49.9% literacy
- 900 females per 1,000 males

## Simariya Banda PIN code and other codes

Simariya Banda falls in Jamai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Jamai
- Census village code 494592

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Simariya Banda from nearby towns?
- Jamai (sub-district HQ) 27 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ) 79 km by road
- Jamai (nearest town) 27 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Simariya Banda?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Simariya Banda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Navegoan
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jamai
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Simariya Banda known for?

The main crops are makka, soyabean and sugarcane. About 68% of the 206 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Simariya Banda

Of every 100 households in Simariya Banda in 2011, 93 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simariya Banda · ■ Jamai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 93% 73%
- Toilet within the home 1% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 87%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 44% 66%
- Television 18% 17%
- Mobile phone 25% 19%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 50%
- Own their home 99% 89%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Simariya Banda?

■ Simariya Banda · ■ Jamai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 49.9% 54.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 900 988
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 773 950
- Working population 45.0% 45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 42.6% for women. 49% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 133 (62%) · ■ Farm labourers 10 (5%) · ■ Other work 11 (5%) · ■ Marginal 59 (28%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jamai
- Bakodi 493 people
- Nandana 482 people
- Bagdari 479 people
- Pindrai Khurd 474 people
- Sathiya 468 people
- Ramnagari 467 people
- Uchetemru 466 people
- Umardoh 465 people

All 261 villages in Jamai

## Quick answers
- How far is Simariya Banda from Chhindwara? 79 km by road
- What is the population of Simariya Banda? 473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simariya Banda in? Chhindwara district (Jamai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Simariya Banda? 49.9% (Census 2011)

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