# Shilampur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shilampur

Shilampur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 149 households**, the 119th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 548people (2011)
- 149households
- 95.7%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shilampur

Of every 100 households in Shilampur in 2011, 29 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shilampur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**91%

Use banking services ****26%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1783**

**956

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 94.3% for women. 66% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (44%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Contai - I

- Gagannathpur Ist Part572 people
- Gopal Pur 2Nd Part557 people
- Tagria556 people
- Uttar Charai Khia553 people
- Laudanda543 people
- Payradwip543 people
- Fatepur520 people
- Dhaneshwari512 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shilampur?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shilampur?95.7% (Census 2011)