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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Simulia is a village in Sankrail mandal, Jhargram district, West Bengal, located at coordinates 23.745°N, 87.594°E with PIN code 721517.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NANDANA KHATUYA
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- LGD code
- 341428
- Pincode
- 721517
- Post office
- Tapsia
- Population
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Workers
- 0
- Distance to district centre
- 160 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 166 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 152 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1168 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kopai · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Batikar Hospital · 7 km
Simulia at a glance
Simulia is a revenue village in Sankrail block, Jhargram district, West Bengal. It lies 160 km from the Jhargram district centre, 26 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 10 km from Kopai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 721517, served by Tapsia post office; the LGD village code is 341428. The nearest hospital or health centre is Batikar Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is NANDANA KHATUYA, and the village votes in Gopiballavpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Mahata.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simulia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- 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
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 490.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 297.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Simulia
- LGD code
- 341428
- Pincode
- 721517
- Post office
- Tapsia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Coordinates
- 23.74465°N, 87.59399°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gopiballavpur
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Mahata
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NANDANA KHATUYA
- Block / Mandal
- Sankrail
Getting there
How to reach Simulia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata152 kmcapital
- Delhi1168 km
- Hyderabad1182 km
- Chennai1414 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKopai10 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর21 km
- Hospital / PHCBatikar Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankIndia Post Payments Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management12 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station33 km
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)