# Dakshin Simla Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Simla

Dakshin Simla is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,424 people in 312 households**, the 51st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,424people (2011)
- 312households
- 83.5%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Simla

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Simla in 2011, 47 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Simla · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****84%**

**42%

Television ****28%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dakshin Simla?

■ Dakshin Simla · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**937

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (10%) · **■** Household industry 37 (8%) · **■** Other work 273 (56%) · **■** Marginal 66 (13%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Chandabamuntala1,614 people
- Khordnahala1,608 people
- Agneshwar1,571 people
- Dakshin Simulbaria1,554 people
- Jiancha1,379 people
- Sriphalbaria1,379 people
- Pana1,266 people
- Goragachha1,256 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Simla?1,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Simla in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Simla?83.5% (Census 2011)