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Simla Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Simla is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 63 families residing. The Simla village has population of 317 of which 161 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simla village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 18.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simla village is 969 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Simla as per census is 706, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Simla village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Simla village was 74.90 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Simla Male literacy stands at 88.98 % while female literacy rate was 61.36 %.

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 63 - -
Population 317 161 156
Child (0-6) 58 34 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 317 161 156
Literacy 74.90 % 88.98 % 61.36 %
Total Workers 124 76 48
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 21 17 4

Caste Factor

In Simla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Simla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Simla village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Simla village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 83.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.