# Simla Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **854 people in 184 households**, the 45th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 854people (2011)
- 184households
- 65.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 39 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**31%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**85%

Use banking services ****52%**

**22%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Ratua - II rural average

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

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**967

Working population ****42.4%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 56.8% for women. 57% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 48 (13%) · **■** Marginal 198 (55%)

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 Ratua - II

- Harirampur1,102 people
- Chauduar999 people
- Sultanganj922 people
- Kharbari Jhamuria914 people
- Purbba Balarampur693 people
- Paharpur660 people
- Khutaha539 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?854 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?65.4% (Census 2011)