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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **497 people in 97 households**, the 141st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 497people (2011)
- 97households
- 87.9%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**27%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****627**

**936

Working population ****24.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 83.1% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 120 (98%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%)

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 Gangarampur

- Jalilpur521 people
- Nitpur Prasadpur516 people
- Antal507 people
- Nehatair503 people
- Garoa491 people
- Nilahari477 people
- Khatia Bandha476 people
- Rayshali476 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?87.9% (Census 2011)