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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **591 people in 129 households**, the 152nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 591people (2011)
- 129households
- 66.9%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****18%**

**26%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shyampur?

■ Shyampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1850**

**954

Working population ****36.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 51.9% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 52 (24%) · **■** Marginal 42 (20%)

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

- Baneswarbati608 people
- Nedair607 people
- Jasurapara602 people
- Mahadebbati601 people
- Chak Darpanarayan589 people
- Jagadishbati589 people
- Shibpur586 people
- Sinhabi573 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?66.9% (Census 2011)