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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Simlakuri is a village in Dubrajpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 629 across 131 households. The village has a literacy rate of 62.5% and is located at coordinates 23.875°N, 87.413°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SOMA SOREN
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- LGD code
- 318071
- Pincode
- 731126
- Post office
- Karidhya
- Population
- 629
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 249
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 174 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1145 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chinpai · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Chakdaha · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Simlakuri compares
By population, Simlakuri ranks #107 of 226 villages in Dubrajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+3.3% vs mandal average
- Simlakuri
- 62.5%
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 59.2%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+14 vs mandal average
- Simlakuri
- 966
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Simlakuri
- 4.8
- Dubrajpur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simlakuri at a glance
Simlakuri is a village of 629 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Dubrajpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 107th-largest of 226 villages in Dubrajpur block. Literacy is 63%, 3 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 6 km from Chinpai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731126, served by Karidhya post office; the LGD village code is 318071. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Chakdaha, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SOMA SOREN, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 704 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simlakuri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 419.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 23.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 12.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simlakuri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Simlakuri
- LGD code
- 318071
- Pincode
- 731126
- Post office
- Karidhya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 629
- Population (projected 2026)
- 704
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.87454°N, 87.41332°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dubrajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anup Kumar Saha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SOMA SOREN
- Block / Mandal
- Dubrajpur
Getting there
How to reach Simlakuri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata174 kmcapital
- Delhi1145 km
- Hyderabad1176 km
- Chennai1416 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChinpai6 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর10 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Chakdaha8 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump12 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management34 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post31 km
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- NagariSuri - I mandal1,959 pop
- Pathar ChapriSuri - I mandal1,909 pop
- ShankarpurRajnagar mandal1,733 pop
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Villages near Simlakuri
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)