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- LGD code
- 54221
- Pincode
- 262523
- Post office
- Champawat
- Population
- 135
- Households
- 28
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1045 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 61
Census 2011 · in context
How Simela compares
By population, Simela ranks #65 of 103 villages in Barakot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
−0.7% vs mandal average
- Simela
- 64.4%
- Barakot mandal
- 65.1%
- Champawat district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,045
+16 vs mandal average
- Simela
- 1,045
- Barakot mandal
- 1,029
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Simela
- 4.8
- Barakot mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simela at a glance
Simela is a village of 135 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Barakot tehsil, Champawat district, Uttarakhand, the 65th-largest of 103 villages in Barakot tehsil. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,045 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262523, served by Champawat post office; the LGD village code is 54221. The village votes in Rudraprayag assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bharat Singh Chaudhary. The population is estimated at 159 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Simela
- LGD code
- 54221
- Pincode
- 262523
- Post office
- Champawat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 135
- Population (projected 2026)
- 159
- Households
- 28
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1045
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rudraprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bharat Singh Chaudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Barakot
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
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