# Simgram Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Simgram

Simgram is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,375 people in 339 households**, the 50th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,375people (2011)
- 339households
- 67.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simgram

Of every 100 households in Simgram in 2011, 12 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simgram · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**16%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**58%

Own their home ****80%**

**93%

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 Simgram?

■ Simgram · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**964

Working population ****37.2%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 56.3% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (35%) · **■** Household industry 33 (6%) · **■** Other work 73 (14%) · **■** Marginal 205 (40%)

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 Murarai - II

- Panchahar1,578 people
- Shripur1,568 people
- Gobindapur1,407 people
- Narachauti1,403 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,339 people
- Khutkhali1,305 people
- Math Karamja1,245 people
- Aral Basti1,208 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simgram?1,375 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simgram in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simgram?67.7% (Census 2011)