About Shilampur Village

Shilampur is a small village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 87 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.67 hectares hectares.

Shilampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilampur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Area (hectares)	33.67 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	87
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shilampur compares

By the 2011 count Shilampur is the 198th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 33.67 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Shilampur

Shilampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shilampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Satberia, Sekh Kochbar, Serpurjalpai and Sharad Pur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Shilampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilampur village had a population of 166. That makes it the 198th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Shilampur village has 87 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilampur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Shilampur covers 33.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shilampur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Shilampur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shilampur.

Shilampur is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.