# Shimla Durgapur Village, Baduria – Population & Literacy

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shimla Durgapur

Shimla Durgapur is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,225 people in 1,697 households**, the 4th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 7,225people (2011)
- 1,697households
- 79.6%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimla Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Shimla Durgapur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shimla Durgapur · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**57%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shimla Durgapur?

■ Shimla Durgapur · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**960

Working population ****47.3%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 75.9% for women. 64% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 483 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 890 (26%) · **■** Household industry 30 (1%) · **■** Other work 612 (18%) · **■** Marginal 1,402 (41%)

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 Baduria

- Chandipur11,021 people
- Punra8,590 people
- Jashaikati7,317 people
- Aturia7,182 people
- Ghoshpur7,036 people
- Sayestanagar7,014 people
- Katia6,450 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimla Durgapur?7,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimla Durgapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimla Durgapur?79.6% (Census 2011)