Simla observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
By population, Simla ranks #89 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simla is a village of 1,337 people in 320 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 89th-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712302, served by Dhaniakhali post office; the LGD village code is 324634. The sarpanch is PUSHPA BHANDARI, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 1,576 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Somaspur-Ii →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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