# Shyamnagar Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Shyamnagar

Shyamnagar is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,385 people in 246 households**, the 19th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,385people (2011)
- 246households
- 66.9%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamnagar

Of every 100 households in Shyamnagar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamnagar · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****35%**

**50%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shyamnagar?

■ Shyamnagar · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**969

Working population ****27.9%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 53.8% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (16%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 207 (53%) · **■** Marginal 67 (17%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hirbandh

- Elora1,504 people
- Bamni1,425 people
- Bhojda1,420 people
- Tilabani1,395 people
- Ranga1,333 people
- Salapahari1,300 people
- Jhat Pukhuria1,282 people
- Debidia1,228 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamnagar?1,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamnagar in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamnagar?66.9% (Census 2011)