Shimlon Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shimlon is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 103 families residing. The Shimlon village has population of 476 of which 255 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shimlon village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 14.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shimlon village is 867 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shimlon as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shimlon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shimlon village was 64.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shimlon Male literacy stands at 82.57 % while female literacy rate was 44.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shimlon 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 Shimlon village.

Shimlon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	103	-	-
Population	476	255	221
Child (0-6)	71	37	34
Schedule Caste	240	132	108
Schedule Tribe	155	78	77
Literacy	64.94 %	82.57 %	44.39 %
Total Workers	131	126	5
Main Worker	64	-	-
Marginal Worker	67	67	0

Caste Factor

In Shimlon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.56 % of total population in Shimlon village.

Work Profile

In Shimlon village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 48.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.