# Shimlagar Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Shimlagar

Shimlagar is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 98 households**, the 115th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 502people (2011)
- 98households
- 63.1%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimlagar

Of every 100 households in Shimlagar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shimlagar · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**67%

Use banking services ****86%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Shimlagar?

■ Shimlagar · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**908

Working population ****43.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 49.0% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (26%) · **■** Marginal 116 (53%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Arbat514 people
- Kot Madan Mohanpur512 people
- Balikhun506 people
- Damra504 people
- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Sankarara465 people
- Menjua452 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimlagar?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimlagar in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimlagar?63.1% (Census 2011)