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

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,010 people in 421 households**, the 20th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,010people (2011)
- 421households
- 59.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 43 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****31%**

**75%

Use banking services ****40%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**948

Working population ****49.8%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 52.2% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 182 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 433 (43%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 126 (13%) · **■** Marginal 242 (24%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Nityanandapur2,221 people
- Bhatpara2,155 people
- Uttar Dariapur2,074 people
- Ranpur2,048 people
- Patharmara1,994 people
- Manik Bazar1,757 people
- Radharamanpur1,732 people
- Ruppal1,684 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?2,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?59.3% (Census 2011)