Simla observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Simla is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, with a population of 332 spread across 62 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.4% and is located at coordinates 24.850°N, 87.891°E with PIN code 814166.
By population, Simla ranks #110 of 179 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simla is a village of 332 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 110th-largest of 179 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,088 women per 1,000 men. It lies 120 km from the Jamtara district centre, 4 km from Bewa (P), the nearest town, 7 km from New Farakka Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814166, served by Fatehpur (Jamtara) post office; the LGD village code is 373046. The nearest hospital or health centre is Farakka Barrage Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is PRATIMA MARANDI. The population is estimated at 391 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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