# Shyamganja Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shyamganja

Shyamganja is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,932 people in 373 households**, the 18th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,932people (2011)
- 373households
- 90.3%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamganja

Of every 100 households in Shyamganja in 2011, 78 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**63%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****75%**

**54%

Television ****56%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**20%

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 Shyamganja?

■ Shyamganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.3%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1234**

**974

Working population ****31.8%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 85.0% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 281 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (31%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 83 (13%) · **■** Marginal 35 (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 Chandrakona - II

- Jadabnagar1,999 people
- Kalla1,990 people
- Khandanga1,964 people
- Radhaballabhpur1,958 people
- Chaitanpur1,899 people
- Nilganja1,650 people
- Srirampur Atghara1,577 people
- Metela1,570 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamganja?1,932 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamganja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamganja?90.3% (Census 2011)