# Shyamdas Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shyamdas

Shyamdas is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **558 people in 115 households**, the 91st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 558people (2011)
- 115households
- 60.8%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamdas

Of every 100 households in Shyamdas in 2011, 29 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamdas · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**78%

Tap water ****99%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**24%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shyamdas?

■ Shyamdas · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1213**

**973

Working population ****28.0%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 54.8% for women. 54% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 133 (85%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (8%) · **■** Marginal 9 (6%)

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 Harirampur

- Gandhnai572 people
- Godal570 people
- Dakshin Benail565 people
- Ukhli559 people
- Manchampur557 people
- Kakihar551 people
- Mollahar550 people
- Maliari538 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamdas?558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamdas in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamdas?60.8% (Census 2011)