# Shyamnagar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shyamnagar

Shyamnagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **157 people in 36 households**, the 257th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 157people (2011)
- 36households
- 55.2%literacy
- 784females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamnagar

Of every 100 households in Shyamnagar in 2011, 8 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamnagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****784**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**954

Working population ****43.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 47.7% for women. 58% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (43%) · **■** Household industry 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 22 (32%) · **■** Marginal 10 (15%)

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 Tapan

- Madhabpur170 people
- Goranda165 people
- Sadullapur163 people
- Muradpur159 people
- Sulapanipur156 people
- Hardail144 people
- Chak Sib139 people
- Chak Bahara129 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamnagar?157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamnagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamnagar?55.2% (Census 2011)