# Simla Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,387 people in 303 households**, the 29th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,387people (2011)
- 303households
- 67.7%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 47 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**80%

Use banking services ****51%**

**68%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Simla?

■ Simla · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**954

Working population ****32.2%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 56.3% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 139 (31%) · **■** Marginal 279 (63%)

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 Chhatna

- Ampahari1,518 people
- Kendsaer1,497 people
- Sanpura1,422 people
- Danmari1,411 people
- Kharbana1,317 people
- Dumdumi1,290 people
- Bindna1,282 people
- Shunri Chitra1,261 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?1,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?67.7% (Census 2011)