# Shyam Chak Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shyam Chak

Shyam Chak is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 145 households**, the 103rd largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 609people (2011)
- 145households
- 94.3%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyam Chak

Of every 100 households in Shyam Chak in 2011, 94 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyam Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shyam Chak?

■ Shyam Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**934

Working population ****30.0%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 92.6% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (9%) · **■** Marginal 162 (89%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Boalia637 people
- Anantapur622 people
- Durgapur619 people
- Chau Dunia612 people
- Khamti603 people
- Parial Chak593 people
- Dwarika Chak592 people
- Sandalpur581 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyam Chak?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyam Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyam Chak?94.3% (Census 2011)