# Silampur Village, Shyampur - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - I, Haora 

# Silampur

Silampur is a village in Shyampur - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,352 people in 512 households**, the 34th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 2,352people (2011)
- 512households
- 79.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silampur

Of every 100 households in Silampur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Silampur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**31%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Silampur?

■ Silampur · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**987

Working population ****31.7%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 76.6% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (10%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 376 (50%) · **■** Marginal 267 (36%)

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 Shyampur - I

- Panshila2,716 people
- Kamalpur2,643 people
- Bar Kalia2,562 people
- Purbba Basudebpur2,398 people
- Kumar Khali2,313 people
- Rameshwarpur2,274 people
- Kamdebpur2,222 people
- Gutinaguri2,080 people

[All 63 villages in Shyampur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silampur?2,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silampur in?Haora district (Shyampur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silampur?79.5% (Census 2011)