# Simla Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,530 people in 523 households**, the 9th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,530people (2011)
- 523households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****42%**

**50%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Simla?

■ Simla · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**937

Working population ****46.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 57.7% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 231 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (14%) · **■** Marginal 517 (44%)

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 Kashipur

- Lara2,774 people
- Gagnabad2,628 people
- Sonaojuri2,624 people
- Barra2,620 people
- Ranganidi2,520 people
- Kashipur2,369 people
- Manpura2,338 people
- Talajuri2,305 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?2,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?68.8% (Census 2011)