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Chhota Simulia

Nakashipara block · Nadia district, West Bengal · PIN 741126 · village code 321459

Population 2011
2,050
Census of India
Population 2020
2,428
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.4%
378 people · 1.9% a year
Households
565
+13.0% vs 500 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
2,050
Male / female
1,067 / 983
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
231
Literacy rate
52.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
637 / 8
Working population
657
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.1%
Households
500

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
260
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
400
Non-farm households
165
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 20 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bilkumari panchayat, Nakashipara 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
₹87.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹97.90 lakh
Received directly
₹65,126
Spent
₹1.45 crore
Unspent at year end
₹41.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.35 lakh · received ₹40.23 lakh · spent ₹42.17 lakh · left ₹20.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹66.16 lakh · received ₹57.67 lakh · spent ₹1.03 crore · left ₹21.11 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.6937, 88.3874 — view on OpenStreetMap

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