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

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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 **1,293 people in 296 households**, the 64th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,293people (2011)
- 296households
- 87.1%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyam Chak

Of every 100 households in Shyam Chak in 2011, 46 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shyam Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**10%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

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 Shyam Chak?

■ Shyam Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**934

Working population ****35.0%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 80.0% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (27%) · **■** Household industry 27 (6%) · **■** Other work 120 (26%) · **■** Marginal 29 (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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Sankarpur1,343 people
- Kotlauri1,328 people
- Jali Bishnupur1,313 people
- Babia1,304 people
- Jaga Mohanpur1,262 people
- Fatepur1,245 people
- Nelua1,205 people
- Jali Gopinathpur1,172 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?1,293 (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?87.1% (Census 2011)