Simla Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Simla is a medium size village located in Hemtabad Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 118 families residing. The Simla village has population of 565 of which 285 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simla village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 14.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simla village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Simla as per census is 864, 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 56.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Simla Male literacy stands at 59.75 % while female literacy rate was 52.48 %.

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	118	-	-
Population	565	285	280
Child (0-6)	82	44	38
Schedule Caste	504	250	254
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	56.11 %	59.75 %	52.48 %
Total Workers	281	159	122
Main Worker	169	-	-
Marginal Worker	112	34	78

Caste Factor

In Simla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 89.20 % 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, 281 were engaged in work activities. 60.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.