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Silampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Silampur is a large village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 394 families residing. The Silampur village has population of 2032 of which 1048 are males while 984 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 10.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silampur village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Silampur as per census is 1112, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Silampur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Silampur village was 91.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Silampur Male literacy stands at 95.68 % while female literacy rate was 86.97 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Silampur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Silampur village.

Silampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 394 - -
Population 2,032 1,048 984
Child (0-6) 207 98 109
Schedule Caste 68 34 34
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.51 % 95.68 % 86.97 %
Total Workers 906 655 251
Main Worker 900 - -
Marginal Worker 6 1 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.35 % of total population in Silampur village. The village Silampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Silampur village out of total population, 906 were engaged in work activities. 99.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 906 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 383 were Agricultural labourer.