# Shyamchak Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shyamchak

Shyamchak is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **311 people in 72 households**, the 130th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 311people (2011)
- 72households
- 58.8%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamchak

Of every 100 households in Shyamchak in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**37%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shyamchak?

■ Shyamchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**959

Working population ****40.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 48.6% for women. 69% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (4%) · **■** Household industry 10 (8%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 99 (79%)

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 Ghatal

- Shyampur341 people
- Radhachak340 people
- Kharika324 people
- Arajikrishnabati314 people
- Krishnabati289 people
- Gopalnagar254 people
- Kalichak248 people
- Kalisa208 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamchak?311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamchak?58.8% (Census 2011)