# Simal Khet Village, Nainital, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Nainital, Nainital 

# Simal Khet

Simal Khet is a village in Nainital sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **93 people in 16 households**, the 178th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.7%.

- 93people (2011)
- 16households
- 77.5%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simal Khet

Of every 100 households in Simal Khet in 2011, 75 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simal Khet · ■ Nainital rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**24%

Tap water ****88%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**66%

Use banking services ****100%**

**81%

Television ****44%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****38%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**86%

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 Simal Khet?

■ Simal Khet · ■ Nainital rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**86.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**917

Working population ****71.0%**

**47.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 61.8% for women. 68% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 55 (83%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (8%)

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 Nainital

- Vargoment106 people
- Devidhura101 people
- Sanra Malla100 people
- Ghatgar93 people
- Palari92 people
- Sonkhamari90 people
- Mursele89 people
- Bhawanipur87 people

[All 250 villages in Nainital](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/nainital/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simal Khet?93 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simal Khet in?Nainital district (Nainital sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Simal Khet?77.5% (Census 2011)