# Shyampur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,422 people in 365 households**, the 39th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,422people (2011)
- 365households
- 91.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 29 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**40%

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

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**32%

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 Shyampur?

■ Shyampur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**953

Working population ****32.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 85.1% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Egra - II

- Dakshin Bar1,572 people
- Chhota Rasulpur1,524 people
- Urijalkar Urf Taramridha1,453 people
- Chirulia1,437 people
- Harkuchia1,416 people
- Sahapur1,409 people
- Gangadhar Bar1,392 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?1,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?91.3% (Census 2011)