Simarhar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Simarhar ranks #11 of 76 villages in Gulabganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simarhar is a village of 1,135 people in 249 households (Census 2011) in Gulabganj tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 76 villages in Gulabganj tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Vidisha district centre, 10 km from Sumer railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464220, served by Gulabganj post office; the LGD village code is 481783. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Gulabganj, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Halke Singh Dangi, and the village votes in Vidisha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mukesh Tandan. The population is estimated at 1,338 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Simarhar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simarhar · this village | 1,135 | 62% | — |
| Patni · Gulabganj | 171 | 59% | 2.1 km S |
| Madhipur · Gulabganj | 915 | 64% | 2.8 km SE |
| Khiriya · Gulabganj | 202 | 68% | 3.2 km NW |
| Ganeshpur · Gulabganj | 295 | 60% | 3.2 km NW |
| Mundra Gunua · Gulabganj | 492 | 70% | 3.5 km NW |
| Patwari Khedi · Gulabganj | 254 | 62% | 3.9 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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