Simulia
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721166
· village code 342647
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 40 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 150 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
40
Male / female
19 / 21
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,105
Children aged 0–6
7
Literacy rate
45.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
29 / 11
Working population
27
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
9
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhaneswarpur panchayat, Pingla 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
₹35.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.30 lakh
Received directly
₹3.09 lakh
Spent
₹79.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.30 lakh · received ₹23.96 lakh · spent ₹33.80 lakh · left ₹6.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.87 lakh · received ₹34.34 lakh · spent ₹45.66 lakh · left ₹10.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1982, 87.5717 —
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Nearby villages
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compare · Simla
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal