# Shyamchak Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Shyamchak

Shyamchak is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **592 people in 136 households**, the 106th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 592people (2011)
- 136households
- 92.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyamchak

Of every 100 households in Shyamchak in 2011, 56 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyamchak · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****75%**

**35%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.6%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**949

Working population ****28.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 86.6% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (32%) · **■** Other work 20 (12%) · **■** Marginal 92 (54%)

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 Deshopran

- Purba Bamunia627 people
- Uttar Kadua625 people
- Hajrakola622 people
- Purba Rasulpur603 people
- Chaitanyapur584 people
- Dakshin Ada Berya559 people
- Purba Bhagabanpur551 people
- Banamaliberya541 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyamchak?592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyamchak in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyamchak?92.6% (Census 2011)