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Simni Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Simni is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 273 families residing. The Simni village has population of 1327 of which 684 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simni village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simni village is 940 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Simni as per census is 787, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Simni village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Simni village was 52.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Simni Male literacy stands at 68.58 % while female literacy rate was 35.30 %.

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

Simni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,327 684 643
Child (0-6) 193 108 85
Schedule Caste 121 65 56
Schedule Tribe 1,120 577 543
Literacy 52.20 % 68.58 % 35.30 %
Total Workers 599 394 205
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 237 74 163

Caste Factor

In Simni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.12 % of total population in Simni village.

Work Profile

In Simni village out of total population, 599 were engaged in work activities. 60.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 599 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.