Bara Simulia
Bolpur-Sriniketan block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731240
· village code 317865
Population 2011
1,572
Census of India
Population 2020
1,680
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.9%
108 people · 0.7% a year
Households
415
+7.2% vs 387 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,572
Male / female
794 / 778
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
248
Literacy rate
59.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
244 / 136
Working population
497
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
387
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
185
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 350 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahiri-Panchshowa panchayat, Bolpur-Sriniketan 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
₹80.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.07 crore
Received directly
₹73,812
Spent
₹1.28 crore
Unspent at year end
₹60.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.70 lakh · received ₹44.03 lakh · spent ₹46.58 lakh · left ₹25.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.02 lakh · received ₹63.01 lakh · spent ₹81.38 lakh · left ₹34.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6577, 87.7139 —
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