# Chak Simla Village, Kalna - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - II, Barddhaman 

# Chak Simla

Chak Simla is a village in Kalna - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **104 people in 24 households**, the 109th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 104people (2011)
- 24households
- 63.2%literacy
- 1,600females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Simla

Of every 100 households in Chak Simla in 2011, 35 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Simla · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****39%**

**62%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**16%

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 Chak Simla?

■ Chak Simla · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1600**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**963

Working population ****29.8%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 57.6% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (61%) · **■** Marginal 8 (26%)

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 Kalna - II

- Saidpur276 people
- Suye273 people
- Narikeldanga245 people
- Shibpur214 people
- Kutabpur85 people
- Santoshpur50 people
- Kaparpur10 people

[All 112 villages in Kalna - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Simla?104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Simla in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Simla?63.2% (Census 2011)