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Shipur

Shipur is a fast growing village under Egra I community development block of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Famous for its annual Charak, this village has well-developed social facilities like schools, post office, market, co-operative society, telecommunication, ATM, playground, children's park etc. A health centre is also functioning in this village. As per Constitution of India and Panchayati Raj Act, Shipur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Gram Pradhan) who is the elected representative of village. Shipur is under the administration of Sahara Gram Panchayat.

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. itself along with Shunia., Sinduria., Satkania., Hatbar., Pandua. and Tahalia.

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 is 7305. Details of the electors is tabulated below.

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.

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.

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

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