Simulgachhi
Bharatpur-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742140
· village code 315763
Population 2011
763
Census of India
Population 2020
835
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.4%
72 people · 1.0% a year
Households
221
+15.7% vs 191 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
763
Male / female
387 / 376
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
48.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
576 / 0
Working population
354
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.7%
Households
191
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
120
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
201
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
61 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
61 / 55 / 31
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alugram panchayat, Bharatpur-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
₹98.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.16 lakh
Received directly
₹1.83 lakh
Spent
₹1.49 crore
Unspent at year end
₹37.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.37 lakh · received ₹35.00 lakh · spent ₹49.10 lakh · left ₹20.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹66.42 lakh · received ₹50.16 lakh · spent ₹99.56 lakh · left ₹17.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9099, 88.0813 —
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