# Uttar Silampur Village, Egra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Silampur

Uttar Silampur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,583 people in 781 households**, the 14th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 3,583people (2011)
- 781households
- 89.5%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Silampur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Silampur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Silampur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**33%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**32%

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 Uttar Silampur?

■ Uttar Silampur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**953

Working population ****45.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 82.7% for women. 62% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 176 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 373 (23%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 271 (17%) · **■** Marginal 774 (48%)

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 Egra - II

- Shyamhari Bar4,106 people
- Bhatda3,991 people
- Kultikri3,960 people
- Bara Nalgerya3,596 people
- Rukminipur2,956 people
- Dulalpur2,766 people
- Maheshpur2,642 people
- Urdhabpur2,610 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Silampur?3,583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Silampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Silampur?89.5% (Census 2011)