# Shimulia Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shimulia

Shimulia is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,745 people in 396 households**, the 82nd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,745people (2011)
- 396households
- 80.1%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimulia

Of every 100 households in Shimulia in 2011, 41 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shimulia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**19%

Tap water ****33%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****29%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Shimulia?

■ Shimulia · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1153**

**962

Working population ****31.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 71.1% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (39%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 162 (29%) · **■** Marginal 123 (22%)

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 Bongaon

- Petrapol1,778 people
- Naraharipur1,759 people
- Manikgram Chak1,758 people
- Sholka Durgapur1,756 people
- Unai1,740 people
- Chinili1,736 people
- Dakshin Charuigachhi1,715 people
- Bairampur1,684 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimulia?1,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimulia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimulia?80.1% (Census 2011)