# Simla Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Simla

Simla is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 118 households**, the 87th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 565people (2011)
- 118households
- 56.1%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simla

Of every 100 households in Simla in 2011, 50 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simla · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**27%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**955

Working population ****49.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 52.5% for women. 56% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (41%) · **■** Other work 25 (9%) · **■** Marginal 112 (40%)

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 Hemtabad

- Majdiha603 people
- Agapur600 people
- Rosanpur597 people
- Binagram568 people
- Dhantair559 people
- Minapara551 people
- Uttar Kotagaon548 people
- Hatjugat540 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simla?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simla in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simla?56.1% (Census 2011)