Shimulia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shimulia is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 113 families residing. The Shimulia village has population of 498 of which 261 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shimulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 13.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shimulia village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shimulia as per census is 912, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shimulia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shimulia village was 62.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shimulia Male literacy stands at 79.30 % while female literacy rate was 43.20 %.

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

Shimulia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	113	-	-
Population	498	261	237
Child (0-6)	65	34	31
Schedule Caste	290	151	139
Schedule Tribe	139	73	66
Literacy	62.12 %	79.30 %	43.20 %
Total Workers	166	129	37
Main Worker	121	-	-
Marginal Worker	45	26	19

Caste Factor

In Shimulia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 27.91 % of total population in Shimulia village.

Work Profile

In Shimulia village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 72.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.