Simla
Purbasthali-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713513
· village code 319598
Population 2011
2,257
Census of India
Population 2020
2,331
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.3%
74 people · 0.4% a year
Households
505
-2.7% vs 519 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,257
Male / female
1,197 / 1,060
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
886
Children aged 0–6
274
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,324 / 0
Working population
917
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.7%
Households
519
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
102
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 80 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mertala panchayat, Purbasthali-Ii 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
₹28.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹39.26 lakh
Received directly
₹58,874
Spent
₹37.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.51 lakh · received ₹16.18 lakh · spent ₹15.16 lakh · left ₹11.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.27 lakh · received ₹23.09 lakh · spent ₹22.69 lakh · left ₹19.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4978, 88.3569 —
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