Simana
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721242
· village code 337432
Population 2011
128
Census of India
Population 2020
288
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+125.0%
160 people · 9.4% a year
Households
55
+71.9% vs 32 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
128
Male / female
63 / 65
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,032
Children aged 0–6
11
Literacy rate
86.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
48
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.8%
Households
32
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 4 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jara panchayat, Chandrakona-I 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
₹30.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.19 lakh
Received directly
₹46,905
Spent
₹68.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹23.09 lakh · spent ₹28.73 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.64 lakh · received ₹33.10 lakh · spent ₹39.60 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7177, 87.6857 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Sijua
compare · Sijuabara
compare · Sikmikalsi Gerya
compare · Sima Gerya
compare · Simana Shubhadrapat
compare · Simla
compare · Simla Mahabila
compare · Simlabada
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal