Simla Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Simla is a medium size village located in Raghunathganj - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 250 families residing. The Simla village has population of 1192 of which 625 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simla village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simla village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Simla as per census is 943, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Simla village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Simla village was 72.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Simla Male literacy stands at 74.54 % while female literacy rate was 69.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Simla village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Simla village.

Simla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	250	-	-
Population	1,192	625	567
Child (0-6)	169	87	82
Schedule Caste	726	392	334
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.14 %	74.54 %	69.48 %
Total Workers	471	365	106
Main Worker	304	-	-
Marginal Worker	167	78	89

Caste Factor

In Simla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.91 % of total population in Simla village. The village Simla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Simla village out of total population, 471 were engaged in work activities. 64.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 471 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.