# Shimulberia Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Shimulberia

Shimulberia is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 110 households**, the 47th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 637people (2011)
- 110households
- 52.6%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shimulberia

Of every 100 households in Shimulberia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shimulberia · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

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

**5%

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

**71%

Use banking services ****32%**

**46%

Television ****0%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Shimulberia?

■ Shimulberia · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****632**

**964

Working population ****57.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 37.2% for women. 53% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Other work 51 (14%) · **■** Marginal 223 (61%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Rangametya885 people
- Dhunia868 people
- Sija770 people
- Kunardi693 people
- Barmasiya635 people
- Alaldi580 people
- Joradi570 people
- Dabar563 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shimulberia?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shimulberia in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shimulberia?52.6% (Census 2011)