# Shyam Bazar Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Shyam Bazar

Shyam Bazar is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **513 people in 113 households**, the 80th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 513people (2011)
- 113households
- 61.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyam Bazar

Of every 100 households in Shyam Bazar in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyam Bazar · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

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

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****60%**

**57%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shyam Bazar?

■ Shyam Bazar · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1462**

**940

Working population ****31.8%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 46.5% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 43 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (14%) · **■** Marginal 96 (59%)

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 Khatra

- Jalhari528 people
- Phulhari527 people
- Bhuru Danga516 people
- Bara Gari513 people
- Dubrajpur509 people
- Chandanpur508 people
- Sial Pahari508 people
- Benkia498 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyam Bazar?513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyam Bazar in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyam Bazar?61.0% (Census 2011)