# Shyamnagar Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Shyamnagar

Shyamnagar is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **708 people in 159 households**, the 83rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 708people (2011)
- 159households
- 75.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamnagar

Of every 100 households in Shyamnagar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shyamnagar · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**75%

Use banking services ****63%**

**53%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

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 Shyamnagar?

■ Shyamnagar · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**948

Working population ****50.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 65.5% for women. 62% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 156 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (29%) · **■** Other work 46 (13%) · **■** Marginal 50 (14%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Narayan Sundari718 people
- Baikunthapur716 people
- Beshia716 people
- Rautara709 people
- Panchkula706 people
- Isabpur696 people
- Gopikantapur693 people
- Barachatra687 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamnagar?708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamnagar in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamnagar?75.8% (Census 2011)