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About Silampur Village

Silampur is a mid sized village in Ramnagar II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 484 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721455, 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 Ramnagar II
Pincode 721455
Area (hectares) 786.36 hectares
Population 963
Male Population 484
Female Population 479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silampur compares

By the 2011 count Silampur is the 57th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 786.36 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Silampur

Silampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Silampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sherpur, Shikarbar, Shonamui and Shyampur. 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.

Common questions about Silampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Silampur village had a population of 963. That makes it the 57th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Silampur village has 484 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silampur has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Silampur is 721455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silampur covers 786.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silampur falls under Ramnagar II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Silampur 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 km distance for Silampur.

Silampur is in Ramnagar II 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.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silampur today is likely to be higher.

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