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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Simulia is a village in Berhampore mandal, Murshidabad district, West Bengal. With a population of 3,274 across 774 households, it has a literacy rate of 68.4%. The village is located at coordinates 23.745°N, 87.594°E and has PIN code 742134.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JESMINA BIBI
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- LGD code
- 315373
- Pincode
- 742134
- Post office
- Bhabta
- Population
- 3,274
- Households
- 774
- Literacy rate
- 68.4%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,019
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 73 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 152 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1168 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kopai · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Batikar Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Simulia compares
By population, Simulia ranks #41 of 138 villages in Berhampore mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.4%
+7.3% vs mandal average
Simulia68.4%
Berhampore mandal61.1%
Murshidabad district57.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
−23 vs mandal average
Simulia927
Berhampore mandal950
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
Simulia4.2
Berhampore mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simulia at a glance
Simulia is a village of 3,274 people in 774 households (Census 2011) in Berhampore block, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, the 41st-largest of 138 villages in Berhampore block. Literacy is 68%, 7 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Murshidabad district centre, 26 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 10 km from Kopai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 742134, served by Bhabta post office; the LGD village code is 315373. The nearest hospital or health centre is Batikar Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is JESMINA BIBI, and the village votes in Nowda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Humayun Kabir. The population is estimated at 3,860 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simulia
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 284.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 121.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simulia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Simulia
- LGD code
- 315373
- Pincode
- 742134
- Post office
- Bhabta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,274
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,860
- Households
- 774
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 68.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.74465°N, 87.59399°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baharampur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nowda
- Member of Parliament
- Yusuf Pathan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Humayun Kabir
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JESMINA BIBI
- Block / Mandal
- Berhampore
- Nearest police station
- Godagari Model Police Station (108.7 km)
- Nearest post office
- Godagari Prime Post Office (108.8 km)
- Nearest bank
- Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited ATM ডাচ-বাংলা ব্যাংক লিমিটেড এটিএম (109.3 km)
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
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- 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)