# Meni Simla Village, Kalgachia, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kalgachia, Barpeta 

# Meni Simla

Meni Simla is a village in Kalgachia sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **897 people in 165 households**, the 78th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 897people (2011)
- 165households
- 53.0%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Meni Simla PIN code and other codes

Meni Simla falls in Kalgachia sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatGuilija
- Community development blockRuposhi
- Census village code282698

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Meni Simla from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)19 km by road
- Sarbhog Tc (nearest town)14 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Meni Simla?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Meni Simla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Garemari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kalgachia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Meni Simla known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 44% of the 280 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Meni Simla

Of every 100 households in Meni Simla in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meni Simla · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**21%

Tap water ****1%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Meni Simla?

■ Meni Simla · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**952

Working population ****28.1%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 42.2% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 102 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (27%) · **■** Other work 48 (19%) · **■** Marginal 33 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kalgachia

- Bardonga1,030 people
- Kismat Moinbari N.C.1,016 people
- Kasukati1,000 people
- Roukhowa949 people
- Purana Sikartari847 people
- Sikartari Pathar834 people
- Srirampur802 people
- Manikpur794 people

[All 100 villages in Kalgachia](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/kalgachia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Meni Simla from Barpeta?19 km by road
- What is the population of Meni Simla?897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meni Simla in?Barpeta district (Kalgachia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Meni Simla?53.0% (Census 2011)