# Dakshinshimulia Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshinshimulia

Dakshinshimulia is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,543 people in 333 households**, the 35th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,543people (2011)
- 333households
- 94.8%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshinshimulia

Of every 100 households in Dakshinshimulia in 2011, 50 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshinshimulia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**88%

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

**9%

Tap water ****7%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****60%**

**51%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****87%**

**95%

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 Dakshinshimulia?

■ Dakshinshimulia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.8%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**929

Working population ****30.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 92.2% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (26%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 216 (46%) · **■** Marginal 33 (7%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Padubar1,671 people
- Kabra1,658 people
- Deuli1,584 people
- Narina1,580 people
- Bilamria1,516 people
- Hirapur1,514 people
- Shonpur1,508 people
- Alankarpur1,481 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshinshimulia?1,543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshinshimulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshinshimulia?94.8% (Census 2011)