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

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 287 households**, the 16th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 287households
- 55.0%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 38 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****90%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

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 · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**940

Working population ****33.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 42.8% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (17%) · **■** Marginal 177 (38%)

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 Khatra

- Kesia1,548 people
- Dhanara1,534 people
- Lakshmandihi1,472 people
- Balarampur1,445 people
- Kubasol1,385 people
- Kankradara1,344 people
- Guyanala1,343 people
- Baragar1,273 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?55.0% (Census 2011)