# Simni Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Simni

Simni is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,327 people in 273 households**, the 34th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,327people (2011)
- 273households
- 52.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simni

Of every 100 households in Simni in 2011, 30 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simni · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****32%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Simni?

■ Simni · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****787**

**973

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 35.3% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 242 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (16%) · **■** Marginal 237 (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 Jhalda - II

- Kotshila1,452 people
- Karche1,448 people
- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people
- Urusharam1,289 people
- Damrughutu1,284 people
- Panrrama1,254 people
- Katia1,239 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simni?1,327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simni in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simni?52.2% (Census 2011)