# Simuldanga Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Simuldanga

Simuldanga is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **478 people in 75 households**, the 137th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 478people (2011)
- 75households
- 87.4%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simuldanga

Of every 100 households in Simuldanga in 2011, 70 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Simuldanga · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****61%**

**41%

Television ****31%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Simuldanga?

■ Simuldanga · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****581**

**957

Working population ****24.9%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 77.9% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 44 (37%) · **■** Other work 24 (20%) · **■** Marginal 51 (43%)

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 Barabazar

- Bhaluk Dungri521 people
- Ladiha508 people
- Kutra499 people
- Murgabani493 people
- Chipingdih473 people
- Garasagma460 people
- Brajarajpur455 people
- Kadampur455 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simuldanga?478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simuldanga in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simuldanga?87.4% (Census 2011)