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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Simuldanga

Simuldanga is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 112 households**, the 168th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 548people (2011)
- 112households
- 62.7%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simuldanga

Of every 100 households in Simuldanga in 2011, 60 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Simuldanga · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**16%

Television ****22%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**955

Working population ****27.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 58.8% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (36%)

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 Itahar

- Ujantor568 people
- Kaliganj564 people
- Jagadal560 people
- Laskarpur551 people
- Golhat544 people
- Dhigaldanga541 people
- Malanchi538 people
- Panchadebati512 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simuldanga?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simuldanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simuldanga?62.7% (Census 2011)