# Silimpur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Silimpur

Silimpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **362 people in 90 households**, the 178th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 362people (2011)
- 90households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silimpur

Of every 100 households in Silimpur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Silimpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****23%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Silimpur?

■ Silimpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1818**

**955

Working population ****32.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 69.3% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (7%) · **■** Other work 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 30 (26%)

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 Kushmundi

- Khamrail381 people
- Joypur377 people
- Randanga374 people
- Arazi Shrirampur370 people
- Basudebpur355 people
- Nayapara354 people
- Paptahar Bhaktipur350 people
- Raghunathpur350 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silimpur?362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silimpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silimpur?77.6% (Census 2011)