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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pathar Simla is a village in Bamangola mandal, Malda district, West Bengal, with a population of 993 in 191 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.3%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TULSI MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 312917
- Pincode
- 732121
- Post office
- Aiho
- Population
- 993
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 453
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 282 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1179 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deotala · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jogomaya Polyclinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathar Simla compares
By population, Pathar Simla ranks #52 of 142 villages in Bamangola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−9.1% vs mandal average
Pathar Simla51.3%
Bamangola mandal60.4%
Malda district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
Same as the mandal average
Pathar Simla943
Bamangola mandal943
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.7 vs mandal average
Pathar Simla5.2
Bamangola mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathar Simla at a glance
Pathar Simla is a village of 993 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Bamangola block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 52nd-largest of 142 villages in Bamangola block. Literacy is 51%, 9 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Malda district centre, 17 km from Habibpur, the nearest town, 23 km from Deotala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 732121, served by Aiho post office; the LGD village code is 312917. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jogomaya Polyclinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is TULSI MANDAL. The population is estimated at 1,111 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathar Simla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 679.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 182.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pathar Simla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pathar Simla
- LGD code
- 312917
- Pincode
- 732121
- Post office
- Aiho
- Population (Census 2011)
- 993
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,111
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.10692°N, 88.43512°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TULSI MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Bamangola
Getting there
How to reach Pathar Simla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata282 kmcapital
- Delhi1179 km
- Hyderabad1341 km
- Chennai1587 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeotala23 km
- Hospital / PHCJogomaya Polyclinic7 km
- ATM / bankDaralhat ATM29 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum29 km
- CollegeNathniyal Murmu Memorial College- Tapan College25 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station50 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732121
- GanramariHabibpur mandal5,636 pop
- MuchiaMaldah (Old) mandal5,241 pop
- Dakshin ChandpurHabibpur mandal3,982 pop
- Dakshin BrindabanbatiHabibpur mandal3,905 pop
- AdampurMaldah (Old) mandal3,272 pop
- RishipurHabibpur mandal2,844 pop
- JadabnagarHabibpur mandal2,686 pop
- SrirampurHabibpur mandal1,746 pop
- Jordanga InlisHabibpur mandal1,341 pop
Villages near Pathar Simla
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- Jaitan
- Mohammadpur
- Maharani
- Khatil
- Paschim Lakshmi Narayanpur
- Adatala
- Bhangrail Palashbari
- Thinagar
- Mukuli
- Gopalnagar
- Dharmma Danga
- Dhamair
- Khoksan
- Chhatia
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- Kasba
- Sujail
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)