# Shilampur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Shilampur

Shilampur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,968 people in 925 households**, the 4th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 3,968people (2011)
- 925households
- 75.9%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shilampur

Of every 100 households in Shilampur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shilampur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**68%

Tap water ****5%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**70%

Use banking services ****86%**

**68%

Television ****38%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shilampur?

■ Shilampur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**976

Working population ****46.8%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 69.5% for women. 63% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 174 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 619 (33%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 500 (27%) · **■** Marginal 539 (29%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kanksa

- Panagar5,510 people
- Basudha5,166 people
- Ijjatganj4,085 people
- Birudiha3,377 people
- Shyambazar3,308 people
- Kuldiha3,250 people
- Babnabera3,009 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shilampur?3,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilampur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shilampur?75.9% (Census 2011)