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Silampur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Silampur is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 169 families residing. The Silampur village has population of 963 of which 484 are males while 479 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 15.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silampur village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Silampur as per census is 1083, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Silampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Silampur village was 74.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Silampur Male literacy stands at 81.55 % while female literacy rate was 68.08 %.

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 169 - -
Population 963 484 479
Child (0-6) 150 72 78
Schedule Caste 64 36 28
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 74.91 % 81.55 % 68.08 %
Total Workers 305 286 19
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 153 141 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.52 % of total population in Silampur village.

Work Profile

In Silampur village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 49.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.