# Shyampur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,606 people in 365 households**, the 24th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,606people (2011)
- 365households
- 66.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****52%**

**32%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

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 Shyampur?

■ Shyampur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**972

Working population ****35.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 55.0% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 301 (52%) · **■** Marginal 27 (5%)

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 Bansihari

- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people
- Dasul1,641 people
- Malam1,637 people
- Sarai1,586 people
- Deuria1,582 people
- Chak Sadulya1,464 people
- Mirzadpur1,442 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?1,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?66.1% (Census 2011)