Simla is a village in Rafiganj mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar. With a population of 1,626 distributed across 252 households, it has a literacy rate of 64.8%.
By population, Simla ranks #58 of 216 villages in Rafiganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simla is a village of 1,626 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Rafiganj block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 58th-largest of 216 villages in Rafiganj block. Literacy is 65%, 11 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 227 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 3 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, 3 km from Harishchandrapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824125, served by Rafiganj post office; the LGD village code is 253156. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is NARENDRA MISHRA, and the village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 1,917 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simla · this village | 1,626 | 65% | — |
| Simla · Jagdishpur | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Mungol · Harischandrapur - I | 1,544 | 35% | 1.1 km SE |
| Halhalia · Forbesganj | 2,524 | 58% | 1.1 km N |
| Dakshin Harishchandrapur · Harischandrapur - I | 5,365 | 35% | 1.7 km SW |
| Gangor · Harischandrapur - I | 2,469 | 38% | 1.8 km NE |
| Harishchandrapur · Sonamukhi | 865 | 59% | 2.3 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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