# Silampur Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Silampur

Silampur is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 169 households**, the 57th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 963people (2011)
- 169households
- 74.9%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silampur

Of every 100 households in Silampur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Silampur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****23%**

**45%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**981

Working population ****31.7%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 68.1% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 128 (42%) · **■** Marginal 153 (50%)

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 Ramnagar - II

- Jagadishpur1,026 people
- Malancha1,024 people
- Khidirpur1,023 people
- Jagadish Paschimbar1,015 people
- Chata Padmapur961 people
- Gobindapur958 people
- Talkanpur919 people
- Kismathiar918 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silampur?963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silampur?74.9% (Census 2011)