# Shimla Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Shimla

Shimla is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,974 people in 722 households**, the 23rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,974people (2011)
- 722households
- 65.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimla

Of every 100 households in Shimla in 2011, 27 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shimla · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**43%

Tap water ****6%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**74%

Use banking services ****50%**

**39%

Television ****20%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Shimla?

■ Shimla · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**973

Working population ****43.3%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 60.0% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 554 (43%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 279 (22%) · **■** Marginal 339 (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 Memari - I

- Punyagram3,325 people
- Debipur3,175 people
- Salda3,121 people
- Keja3,075 people
- Kalshi2,897 people
- Nudipur2,893 people
- Bijra2,860 people
- Dadpur2,791 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimla?2,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimla in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimla?65.4% (Census 2011)