Shipur

Shipur
Shipur
Village
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ISO 3166 code	IN-WB

Shipur is a fast growing village under

Gram Panchayat

.

Geography

It is located at 21°46′30″N 87°28′22″E / 21.7749°N 87.4729°E / 21.7749; 87.4729, 18 km from the northern side of the Bay of Bengal.

Though officially Shipur is a small single village, Greater Shipur is considered as a group of seven small villages or Mouzas including Shipur.^[1] itself along with Shunia.,^[2] Sinduria.,^[3] Satkania.,^[4] Hatbar.,^[5] Pandua.^[6] and Tahalia.^[7]

Demography

As per

2011 Census of India, total population of Greater Shipur is 8881. However, as per electoral roll database as on 30.04.2023, total number of verified electors in the seven mouzas^[8]

is 7305. Details of the electors is tabulated below.

Name of Mouza	Number of Male Electors	Number of Female Electors
Shipur	472	466
Shunia	915	875
Sinduria	512	494
Satkania	483	430
Dakshin Shipur	503	510
Tahalia	441	410
Pandua and Hatbar	398	390
Total	3730	3575

The village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Greater Shipur was 87.65% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Greater Shipur Male literacy stood at 93.60% while female literacy rate was 81.45%.

Most of the people here are cultivators or related to agricultural work.

Climate

There are mainly three seasons in Shipur, namely Summer, Monsoon and Winter. Summer starts in April and continues till June with a maximum temperature of 38 °C. But due to proximity of sea, cold wind keeps the weather pleasant in this time. Next comes monsoon in July and lasts till the end of September. Shipur generally experiences an average rainfall with high humidity in the monsoon season. Winter sets in November and lasts till February with temperature ranging from 24-7 °C.

Transport

Egra, a well-known municipal town situated at 19.1 kilometer north-east of Shipur, works as the main connector for it.

Bus service

There is bus service from Shipur to Kolkata/Howrah via Egra. It is almost a 5-hour journey to Kolkata. There is no direct bus service to the other parts of West Bengal and for this reason people come to Egra first to board a bus for other destinations. Although Digha, the famous beach-town, is only a few kilometers away (27.9 km via Egra - Ramnagar Road, 20.3 km via Mirgoda) it is not directly accessible by public transport. People usually take multiple public transports or arrange for their own mode of transport to go to Digha and other nearby places. Trekkers, Autos and Totos (E-Rickshaw) are some other popular mode of transportation.