# Silphor Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Silphor

Silphor is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **948 people in 175 households**, the 51st largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 948people (2011)
- 175households
- 48.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silphor

Of every 100 households in Silphor in 2011, 56 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Silphor · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**0%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****96%**

**49%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Silphor?

■ Silphor · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**937

Working population ****36.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 32.1% for women. 49% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 90 (26%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 171 (50%) · **■** Marginal 77 (22%)

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 Jaipur

- Piri993 people
- Chhatka989 people
- Kokiara988 people
- Chaukibera962 people
- Dhabani937 people
- Shushunid929 people
- Chirkamu Alias Kirkamu916 people
- Singhagara908 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silphor?948 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silphor in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silphor?48.5% (Census 2011)