Simla
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722207
· village code 327387
Population 2011
2,010
Census of India
Population 2020
2,070
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
60 people · 0.3% a year
Households
440
+4.5% vs 421 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,010
Male / female
1,043 / 967
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
51.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,058 / 0
Working population
1,001
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.0%
Households
421
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
86
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 50 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pearbera panchayat, Sonamukhi 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
₹11.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.69 lakh
Received directly
₹45,104
Spent
₹63.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.62 lakh · received ₹26.46 lakh · spent ₹32.49 lakh · left ₹6.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹113 · received ₹57.23 lakh · spent ₹31.28 lakh · left ₹25.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 87.4239 —
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