Shimulia
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743249
· village code 322692
Population 2011
3,169
Census of India
Population 2020
3,166
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.1%
-3 people · -0.0% a year
Households
572
-23.9% vs 752 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,169
Male / female
1,589 / 1,580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
341
Literacy rate
69.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
985 / 7
Working population
1,205
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.9%
Households
752
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
250
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
555
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
124 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 124 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharmapur-Ii panchayat, Gaighata 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
₹36.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.59 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹5.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.58 lakh · received ₹31.48 lakh · spent ₹38.83 lakh · left ₹4.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.86 lakh · received ₹45.12 lakh · spent ₹68.86 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8945, 88.6971 —
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