Shillya


Shillya also spelled as Shilla or Silla is a village located in Lowa Ramgopalpur Gram Payanchayet in Galsi I CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal in India.

Geography

Shillya village is located at 23.2937 N 87.572952 E, on the bank of Damodar River. It is under Galsi.

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for this climate is "Aw".

Population

Header textSex RatioLiteracy
Shillya96978.55%
West Bengal95076.26%

There are 285 families and total population of the village is 1272. Among them 646 are males and 626 are females. There are 521 Scheduled Caste and 4 Scheduled Tribe. The average sex ratio of this village is 969 which is greater than West Bengal average of 950. Literary rate of this village is 78.55% which is also greater than West Bengal literacy which is 76.26%.
Here 40.96% of people are from Scheduled Caste and 0.31% people are from Scheduled Tribe.

Neighbourhoods

The village Shilla has neighbourhoods or paras.

Upper Shillya

It is known as Upper Shillya as this part has higher ground level than other parts of Shilla.

Namo Shillya

It is known as Namo Shilla because this part is lower than the other parts of Shilla.

Shillya ghat

It is known as Shillaghat/Shillyaghat as it is the sand collecting spot.

Culture

There are two temples of the Hindu goddess Durga at Upper Shilla. There are also three temples of Devi Kali and two temples of Devi Manasa at Upper Shilla. There is another temple of Durga at Namo Shilla. A small fair is organized here in the winter season beside the Damodar River.