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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Simuliya is a village in Neturia mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,266 spread across 212 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.8% and PIN code 723133.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMARANI MAHATO
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- LGD code
- 330391
- Pincode
- 723133
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Puruliya)
- Population
- 1,266
- Households
- 212
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 594
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 211 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1093 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalubathan · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Panchet Hill Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Simuliya compares
By population, Simuliya ranks #19 of 123 villages in Neturia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Simuliya
- 49.8%
- Neturia mandal
- 54.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−14 vs mandal average
- Simuliya
- 933
- Neturia mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Simuliya
- 6.0
- Neturia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simuliya at a glance
Simuliya is a village of 1,266 people in 212 households (Census 2011) in Neturia block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 19th-largest of 123 villages in Neturia block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Purulia district centre, 52 km from Barra, the nearest town, 11 km from Kalubathan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723133, served by Raghunathpur (Puruliya) post office; the LGD village code is 330391. The nearest hospital or health centre is Panchet Hill Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is UMARANI MAHATO, and the village votes in Asansol Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Agnimitra Paul. The population is estimated at 1,416 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simuliya
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 2
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 2
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 328.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simuliya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Simuliya
- LGD code
- 330391
- Pincode
- 723133
- Post office
- Raghunathpur (Puruliya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,266
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,416
- Households
- 212
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.66280°N, 86.68026°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Asansol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Asansol Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Agnimitra Paul
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMARANI MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Neturia
Getting there
How to reach Simuliya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata211 kmcapital
- Delhi1093 km
- Hyderabad1102 km
- Chennai1356 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalubathan11 km
- Bus stopBarakar Bus Stand16 km
- Hospital / PHCPanchet Hill Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump (Puja Urja Kendra)10 km
- CollegeCareer Building Private ITI14 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station29 km
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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
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