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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Simar is a village in Mehgaon mandal, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,649 across 340 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.7% and is located at PIN 477557.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Reena Bano
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- LGD code
- 453118
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population
- 1,649
- Households
- 340
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Sex ratio
- 745 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 493
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 372 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 286 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ashokhar · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Amayan · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Simar compares
By population, Simar ranks #31 of 145 villages in Mehgaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.7%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Simar
- 64.7%
- Mehgaon mandal
- 62.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
745
−70 vs mandal average
- Simar
- 745
- Mehgaon mandal
- 815
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Simar
- 4.9
- Mehgaon mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simar at a glance
Simar is a village of 1,649 people in 340 households (Census 2011) in Mehgaon tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 31st-largest of 145 villages in Mehgaon tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 745 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Bhind district centre, 18 km from Pur, the nearest town, 18 km from Ashokhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477557, served by Mehgoun post office; the LGD village code is 453118. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Amayan, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Reena Bano, and the village votes in Gohad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshav Singh Desai. The population is estimated at 1,944 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MEHGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 769.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 68.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Simar
- LGD code
- 453118
- Pincode
- 477557
- Post office
- Mehgoun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,649
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,944
- Households
- 340
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 745
- Literacy rate
- 64.7%
- Coordinates
- 26.39951°N, 78.67572°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gohad
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshav Singh Desai
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Reena Bano
- Block / Mandal
- Mehgaon
Getting there
How to reach Simar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal372 kmcapital
- Delhi286 km
- Hyderabad1003 km
- Mumbai1008 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAshokhar18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Amayan12 km
- ATM / bankSBI Lahar Road Bhind21 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump22 km
- CollegeJain Degree College21 km
- Police stationPolice Line Ground Bhind21 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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