# Purba Simulia Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Purba Simulia

Purba Simulia is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,476 people in 323 households**, the 75th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 1,476people (2011)
- 323households
- 81.9%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Simulia

Of every 100 households in Purba Simulia in 2011, 62 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Simulia · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**83%

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

**15%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**80%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****52%**

**42%

Television ****44%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purba Simulia?

■ Purba Simulia · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**956

Working population ****32.0%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 73.5% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 251 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 127 (27%) · **■** Marginal 52 (11%)

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 - II

- Purba Puthkhali1,728 people
- Rajapur1,726 people
- Petuapur1,625 people
- Khargadanga1,607 people
- Sijdia1,390 people
- Purba Sambhupur1,364 people
- Sarisadanga1,280 people
- Shibchandrapur1,280 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Simulia?1,476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Simulia in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Simulia?81.9% (Census 2011)