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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUBRATA BANDYOPADHYAY
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- LGD code
- 322631
- Pincode
- 743262
- Post office
- Gopalnagar (North 24 Parganas)
- Population
- 1,745
- Households
- 396
- Literacy rate
- 73%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 557
Census 2011 · in context
How Shimulia compares
By population, Shimulia ranks #82 of 150 villages in Bongaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.0%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Shimulia
- 73.0%
- Bongaon mandal
- 71.9%
- North 24 Parganas district
- 76.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+31 vs mandal average
- Shimulia
- 970
- Bongaon mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Shimulia
- 4.4
- Bongaon mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shimulia at a glance
Shimulia is a village of 1,745 people in 396 households (Census 2011) in Bongaon block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 82nd-largest of 150 villages in Bongaon block. Literacy is 73%, 1 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 743262, served by Gopalnagar (North 24 Parganas) post office; the LGD village code is 322631. The sarpanch is SUBRATA BANDYOPADHYAY, and the village votes in Bangaon Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Swapan Majumder. The population is estimated at 2,057 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dighari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimulia · this village | 1,745 | 73% | — |
| Dighari · Bongaon | 4,241 | 68% | — |
| Nishchintapur · Bongaon | 2,617 | 67% | — |
| Chinili · Bongaon | 1,736 | 73% | — |
| Satashi · Bongaon | 1,637 | 74% | — |
| Huda Bishnupur · Bongaon | 1,293 | 67% | — |
| Uttar Kanakpur · Bongaon | 898 | 80% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shimulia
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 95.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shimulia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shimulia
- LGD code
- 322631
- Pincode
- 743262
- Post office
- Gopalnagar (North 24 Parganas)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,745
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,057
- Households
- 396
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 73.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bangaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bangaon Dakshin
- Member of Parliament
- Shantanu Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Swapan Majumder
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUBRATA BANDYOPADHYAY
- Block / Mandal
- Bongaon
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 743262
- KhamarkallaBongaon mandal12,645 pop
- KansonaBongaon mandal7,334 pop
- BarakpurBongaon mandal6,945 pop
- SantoshpurBongaon mandal4,168 pop
- MollahatiBongaon mandal3,430 pop
- Paschim RamchandrapurBongaon mandal3,350 pop
- ManikpolBongaon mandal2,948 pop
- Dakshin BaliadangaBongaon mandal2,634 pop
- NishchintapurBongaon mandal2,617 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Shimulia
Looking for a different Shimulia? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Shimulia →
- ShimuliaGaighata · North 24 Parganas, West Bengal3,169 pop
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- ShimuliaEgra - I · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal446 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Shimulia
Other villages in Bongaon mandal
View all 60+ →- Khamarkalla
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- Kalupur
- Purana Bangaon
- Chauberia
- Kansona
- Barakpur
- Ichhlampur
- Paikpara
- Bangangram
- Manigram
- Panchita
- Palla
- Krishnachandrapur
- Kundipur
- Boaldaha
- Arsingri
- Nakful
- Bharatpur
- Bhashanpota
- Dighari
- Tengra
- Santoshpur
- Sanakpur
- Sabhaipur
- Kamdebpur
- Gobrapur
- Bhandarkola
- Sehalapara
- Polta
- Serpur
- Chalki
- Belta
- Ganrapota
- Mollahati
- Paschim Ramchandrapur
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)