Village · Simlapal, Bankura
# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 313 people in 61 households, the 138th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.
- 313 people (2011)
- 61 households
- 51.0% literacy
- 1,059 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 85 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Electricity for lighting 85% 39%
- Toilet within the home 0% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 90%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 84%
- Use banking services 23% 52%
- Television 7% 16%
- Mobile phone 30% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 2% 24%
- Own their home 93% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shyampur?

■ Shyampur · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 51.0% 68.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1059 960
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 960
- Working population 58.1% 40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.2% for men and 40.4% for women. 63% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 5 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 12 (7%) · ■ Other work 19 (10%) · ■ Marginal 146 (80%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Simlapal
- Andharia 353 people
- Bhalukkhunia 337 people
- Rengurbandh 320 people
- Beoncha 315 people
- Sirsha 309 people
- Kumardoba 303 people
- Kharjuria 299 people
- Siuli 299 people

All 202 villages in Simlapal

## Other places named Shyampur
- Shyampur · Sub-district, Sehore · 152,354 people
- Shyampur · Town, South Twenty Four Parganas · 22,024 people
- Shyampur · Village, Shyampur, Sehore · 10,271 people
- Shyampur · Town, Haora · 7,354 people
- Shyampur · Village, Rishikesh, Dehradun · 7,052 people
- Shyampur · Village, Pursura, Hugli · 6,719 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shyampur? 313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in? Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur? 51.0% (Census 2011)

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