# Simalchaur Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Simalchaur

Simalchaur is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 365 households**, the 17th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 365households
- 86.8%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simalchaur

Of every 100 households in Simalchaur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 79 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Simalchaur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**29%

Tap water ****97%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****79%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**39%

Use banking services ****76%**

**85%

Television ****78%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****3%**

**12%

Own their home ****82%**

**80%

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 Simalchaur?

■ Simalchaur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**873

Working population ****22.6%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 80.9% for women. 38% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 263 (65%) · **■** Marginal 126 (31%)

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 Kotdwara

- Shiv Rajpur1,935 people
- Lalpur1,864 people
- Harsinghpur1,820 people
- Ratanpur1,792 people
- Nandpur1,632 people
- Dhurwapur1,533 people
- Ratanpur1,478 people
- Udaya Rampur Nayabad1,469 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simalchaur?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simalchaur in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Simalchaur?86.8% (Census 2011)