# Simakanali Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Simakanali

Simakanali is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **829 people in 176 households**, the 53rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 829people (2011)
- 176households
- 69.4%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simakanali

Of every 100 households in Simakanali in 2011, 24 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simakanali · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****65%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

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 Simakanali?

■ Simakanali · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****50.8%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 53.6% for women. 57% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 319 (76%)

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 Puncha

- Gagda852 people
- Sargara841 people
- Arali837 people
- Samakata830 people
- Narendrapur817 people
- Negurya797 people
- Dhabani771 people
- Babuijor768 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simakanali?829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simakanali in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simakanali?69.4% (Census 2011)