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Shilampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shilampur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 149 families residing. The Shilampur village has population of 548 of which 277 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shilampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shilampur village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shilampur as per census is 1783, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shilampur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shilampur village was 95.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shilampur Male literacy stands at 96.85 % while female literacy rate was 94.35 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shilampur 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 Shilampur village.

Shilampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 548 277 271
Child (0-6) 64 23 41
Schedule Caste 18 10 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.66 % 96.85 % 94.35 %
Total Workers 199 183 16
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.28 % of total population in Shilampur village. The village Shilampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shilampur village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 99.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.