About Shimulia Village

Shimulia is a small village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 156 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shimulia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shimulia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Sainthia
Pincode	731234
Area (hectares)	99.61 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	156
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shimulia compares

By the 2011 count Shimulia is the 170th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 99.61 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Shimulia

Shimulia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shimulia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shimulia from other places

Shimulia lies about 56 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kopai, about 9.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Shimulia
Nearest railway station	Kopai	9.8 km
Nearest town	Bolpur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sainthia	24 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	56 km

Villages closest to Shimulia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sainthia tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Shimulia

As per the Census of India 2011, Shimulia village had a population of 311. That makes it the 170th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Shimulia village has 156 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shimulia has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Shimulia is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shimulia covers 99.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shimulia falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Shimulia is Kopai, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shimulia.

Shimulia is about 56 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shimulia is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Kopai is about 9.8 km away. Bolpur is about 14 km away. Sainthia is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.