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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **341 people in 74 households**, the 126th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 341people (2011)
- 74households
- 81.1%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

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

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**37%

Television ****36%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**959

Working population ****38.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 69.1% for women. 74% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 20 (15%) · **■** Marginal 108 (83%)

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

- Harinageria390 people
- Arjjunhari385 people
- Gangadaspur365 people
- Islampur359 people
- Radhachak340 people
- Kharika324 people
- Arajikrishnabati314 people
- Shyamchak311 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?81.1% (Census 2011)