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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Simuldanga

Simuldanga is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **714 people in 165 households**, the 77th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 714people (2011)
- 165households
- 57.3%literacy
- 1,138females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simuldanga

Of every 100 households in Simuldanga in 2011, 19 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Simuldanga · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Simuldanga?

■ Simuldanga · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1138**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**955

Working population ****45.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 49.3% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 72 (22%)

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

- Makarhat755 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur739 people
- Sekhpur718 people
- Madhabpur716 people
- Bajitpur701 people
- Karaidangi692 people
- Kachan645 people
- Sunair644 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simuldanga?714 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simuldanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simuldanga?57.3% (Census 2011)