# Shyambazar Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Shyambazar

Shyambazar is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,308 people in 786 households**, the 6th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 3,308people (2011)
- 786households
- 75.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyambazar

Of every 100 households in Shyambazar in 2011, 66 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shyambazar · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**68%

Tap water ****13%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**70%

Use banking services ****40%**

**68%

Television ****41%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Shyambazar?

■ Shyambazar · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**976

Working population ****45.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 67.9% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 115 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (19%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 604 (40%) · **■** Marginal 495 (33%)

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 Kanksa

- Basudha5,166 people
- Ijjatganj4,085 people
- Shilampur3,968 people
- Birudiha3,377 people
- Kuldiha3,250 people
- Babnabera3,009 people
- Bistupur2,992 people
- Banskopa2,711 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyambazar?3,308 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyambazar in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyambazar?75.3% (Census 2011)