# Ghanashyampur Village, Singur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Singur, Hugli 

# Ghanashyampur

Ghanashyampur is a village in Singur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,495 people in 348 households**, the 52nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.4%.

- 1,495people (2011)
- 348households
- 85.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghanashyampur

Of every 100 households in Ghanashyampur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghanashyampur · ■ Singur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**27%

Tap water ****64%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**74%

Use banking services ****67%**

**58%

Television ****73%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

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 Ghanashyampur?

■ Ghanashyampur · ■ Singur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**83.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**950

Working population ****33.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 79.7% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (8%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 309 (61%) · **■** Marginal 38 (7%)

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 Singur

- Payraura1,591 people
- Sinher Bheri1,563 people
- Rasulpur1,540 people
- Rajar Bathan1,538 people
- Dighaldanga1,471 people
- Laskarpur1,455 people
- Mallikpur1,393 people
- Bhandardaha1,381 people

[All 100 villages in Singur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/singur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghanashyampur?1,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghanashyampur in?Hugli district (Singur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghanashyampur?85.2% (Census 2011)