About Silampur Village

Silampur is a large village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,032, made up of 1,048 males and 984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silampur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Pincode	721450
Area (hectares)	222.15 hectares
Population	2,032
Male Population	1,048
Female Population	984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silampur compares

By the 2011 count Silampur is the 13th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 222.15 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Silampur

Silampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sharad Pur, Shikarpur, Shilampur and Shribachhipur. 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 Silampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Silampur village had a population of 2,032. That makes it the 13th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Silampur village has 1,048 males and 984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silampur has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Silampur is 721450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silampur covers 222.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Silampur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Silampur 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.