Simla
Chandrakona-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721201
· village code 337593
Population 2011
883
Census of India
Population 2020
820
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-7.1%
-63 people · -0.8% a year
Households
160
-23.1% vs 208 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
883
Male / female
464 / 419
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
92
Literacy rate
78.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
193 / 1
Working population
312
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.1%
Households
208
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basanchora panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹59.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.14 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.35 crore
Unspent at year end
₹38.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.03 lakh · received ₹46.84 lakh · spent ₹52.24 lakh · left ₹9.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.47 lakh · received ₹67.04 lakh · spent ₹82.72 lakh · left ₹28.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7748, 87.5268 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal