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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
OP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Om Prakash
Contact: 70****3386
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- LGD code
- 19981
- Pincode
- 173221
- Post office
- Domehar
- Population
- 269
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 78.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 200
Census 2011 · in context
How Simu (298) compares
By population, Simu (298) ranks #48 of 256 villages in Darlaghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.8%
+6.2% vs mandal average
- Simu (298)
- 78.8%
- Darlaghat mandal
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+89 vs mandal average
- Simu (298)
- 1,023
- Darlaghat mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Simu (298)
- 5.0
- Darlaghat mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simu (298) at a glance
Simu (298) is a village of 269 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Darlaghat tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 48th-largest of 256 villages in Darlaghat tehsil. Literacy is 79%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 173221, served by Domehar post office; the LGD village code is 19981. The sarpanch is Om Prakash, and the village votes in Arki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay. The population is estimated at 317 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Surajpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simu (298) · this village | 269 | 79% | — |
| Banan (309) · Darlaghat | 345 | 78% | — |
| Surajpur (306) · Darlaghat | 280 | 75% | — |
| Bhaled (304) · Darlaghat | 194 | 69% | — |
| Sosai (308) · Darlaghat | 189 | 74% | — |
| Pathed (296) · Darlaghat | 167 | 75% | — |
| Raheota (300) · Darlaghat | 127 | 71% | — |
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Notice board · Simu (298)
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Key facts — Simu (298)
- LGD code
- 19981
- Pincode
- 173221
- Post office
- Domehar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 269
- Population (projected 2026)
- 317
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 78.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shimla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arki
- Member of Parliament
- Suresh Kumar Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Om Prakash
- Block / Mandal
- Darlaghat
- Nearest police station
- Sadar Police Station, Bilaspur (20.3 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Mandi Manwa Dispensary (17.7 km)
- Nearest post office
- Tattapani Post Office (14.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (14.5 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 173221
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Simu (298)
Other villages in Darlaghat mandal
View all 60+ →- Saryanj (312)
- Bagha (511)
- Rauri (200)
- Giana (45)
- Kolka (66)
- Mangoo (46)
- Darlaghat
- Syar (194)
- Darla (189)
- Navgaon (221)
- Chhamla (229)
- Daseran Wala (259)
- Dhundan (268)
- Up Mahal Thera
- Kandhar (506)
- Kanswala (201)
- Nauni (188)
- Neori (8)
- Buila (305)
- Hawani Kol(513)
- Damras (214)
- Kotla (311)
- Ser Galotia (58)
- Tuiru (272)
- Sanghoi (47)
- Kashlog (11)
- Badog Hanuman (288)
- Malawan (48)
- Bhugar (202)
- Banli (12)
- Banan (309)
- Up Mahal Parnoo
- Kathla (345)
- Badog (23)
- Samloh (223)
- Sheli (322)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)