# Simulia Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Simulia

Simulia is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,659 people in 447 households**, the 17th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,659people (2011)
- 447households
- 66.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simulia

Of every 100 households in Simulia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simulia · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**44%

Television ****25%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Simulia?

■ Simulia · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****707**

**934

Working population ****36.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 53.0% for women. 49% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (15%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 202 (21%) · **■** Marginal 456 (47%)

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 Purulia - I

- Chakra2,987 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Rudra2,659 people
- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Chirka2,398 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simulia?2,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simulia in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simulia?66.1% (Census 2011)