# Shimulia Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shimulia

Shimulia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,169 people in 752 households**, the 31st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,169people (2011)
- 752households
- 78.2%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimulia

Of every 100 households in Shimulia in 2011, 50 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shimulia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****52%**

**47%

Television ****20%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Gaighata rural average

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

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1092**

**965

Working population ****38.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 73.1% for women. 64% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 268 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 519 (43%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 184 (15%) · **■** Marginal 210 (17%)

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 Gaighata

- Dogachhia3,426 people
- Gazna3,238 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people
- Baikara3,056 people
- Chandigar3,051 people
- Subidpur3,029 people
- Shutia2,977 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimulia?3,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimulia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimulia?78.2% (Census 2011)