Simla
Raghunathganj-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742235
· village code 314020
Population 2011
1,192
Census of India
Population 2020
1,508
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.5%
316 people · 2.6% a year
Households
272
+8.8% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,192
Male / female
625 / 567
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
169
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
726 / 0
Working population
471
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.6%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
315
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
6%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 60 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jarur panchayat, Raghunathganj-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹1.05 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.34 crore
Received directly
₹1.79 lakh
Spent
₹1.64 crore
Unspent at year end
₹76.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.19 lakh · received ₹55.21 lakh · spent ₹46.84 lakh · left ₹36.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹78.57 lakh · received ₹79.04 lakh · spent ₹1.17 crore · left ₹40.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4685, 88.0522 —
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