# Bara Simulia Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Bara Simulia

Bara Simulia is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,572 people in 387 households**, the 39th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,572people (2011)
- 387households
- 70.2%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Simulia

Of every 100 households in Bara Simulia in 2011, 14 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Simulia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**82%

Use banking services ****93%**

**61%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Bara Simulia?

■ Bara Simulia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**972

Working population ****31.6%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 69.2% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 372 (75%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 47 (9%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Adityapur1,785 people
- Kankutia1,752 people
- Bergram1,737 people
- Rajatpur1,735 people
- Ikshudhara1,521 people
- Pashchim Bergram1,516 people
- Sahajapur1,488 people
- Sehalai1,408 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Simulia?1,572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Simulia in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Simulia?70.2% (Census 2011)