# Simaistala Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Simaistala

Simaistala is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,614 people in 388 households**, the 30th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,614people (2011)
- 388households
- 78.2%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simaistala

Of every 100 households in Simaistala in 2011, 67 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simaistala · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**38%

Television ****32%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Simaistala?

■ Simaistala · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**939

Working population ****35.6%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 73.7% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 492 (86%) · **■** Marginal 45 (8%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Beleati1,820 people
- Paschim Sambhupur1,758 people
- Palitpara1,737 people
- Jagapur1,713 people
- Doharpar1,562 people
- Dakshin Bishnupur1,361 people
- Mashunda1,304 people
- Briddhakol1,246 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simaistala?1,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simaistala in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simaistala?78.2% (Census 2011)