# Simulbari Village, Bhagawanpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Simulbari

Simulbari is a village in Bhagawanpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,260 people in 328 households**, the 45th largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 91.0%.

- 1,260people (2011)
- 328households
- 85.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simulbari

Of every 100 households in Simulbari in 2011, 33 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simulbari · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**40%

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

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Simulbari?

■ Simulbari · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**91.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**949

Working population ****40.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 82.4% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (19%) · **■** Household industry 24 (5%) · **■** Other work 103 (20%) · **■** Marginal 183 (36%)

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 Bhagawanpur - II

- Dalbadal1,289 people
- Panch Ghari1,285 people
- Neturia1,267 people
- Ghol Bagda1,266 people
- Uttar Baroj1,247 people
- Haripur1,222 people
- Panch Bajari1,206 people
- Pachahari1,196 people

[All 168 villages in Bhagawanpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simulbari?1,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simulbari in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simulbari?85.4% (Census 2011)