# Uttar Shimulia Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Shimulia

Uttar Shimulia is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **943 people in 174 households**, the 67th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 943people (2011)
- 174households
- 93.9%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Shimulia

Of every 100 households in Uttar Shimulia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Shimulia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****82%**

**51%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Uttar Shimulia?

■ Uttar Shimulia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.9%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**929

Working population ****35.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 90.3% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 79 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (26%) · **■** Marginal 132 (40%)

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

- Chandanpur Patna979 people
- Birampur975 people
- Bhagibaharampur970 people
- Paschimbar949 people
- Biswanathpur941 people
- Bag Brajakishor927 people
- Ratanpur926 people
- Tajpur920 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 Uttar Shimulia?943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Shimulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Shimulia?93.9% (Census 2011)