# Shimulia Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shimulia

Shimulia is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **563 people in 109 households**, the 70th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 563people (2011)
- 109households
- 74.7%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimulia

Of every 100 households in Shimulia in 2011, 85 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shimulia · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**94%

Use banking services ****31%**

**51%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**973

Working population ****27.2%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 66.8% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (13%) · **■** Other work 27 (18%) · **■** Marginal 53 (35%)

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 Sankrail

- Hatia Sol578 people
- Tungadhua574 people
- Pratappur568 people
- Nepura564 people
- Bikrampur553 people
- Dhansol551 people
- Khamar Mahuli547 people
- Paharajpur544 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimulia?563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimulia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimulia?74.7% (Census 2011)