# 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 **151 people in 33 households**, the 208th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 151people (2011)
- 33households
- 51.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simuldanga

Of every 100 households in Simuldanga in 2011, 70 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 21 a car.

■ Simuldanga · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**16%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****21%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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+) ****51.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**955

Working population ****39.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.9% for men and 50.0% for women. 48% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (19%) · **■** Marginal 25 (42%)

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

- Tiarbati187 people
- Kashibati170 people
- Dakshin Maheshpur168 people
- Purba Sakodanga163 people
- Garia138 people
- Baul122 people
- Bairgachhi112 people
- Khuniabari111 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simuldanga?151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simuldanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Simuldanga?51.5% (Census 2011)