# Shyam Ganja Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Shyam Ganja

Shyam Ganja is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,078 people in 263 households**, the 70th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,078people (2011)
- 263households
- 78.7%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyam Ganja

Of every 100 households in Shyam Ganja in 2011, 19 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyam Ganja · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**18%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****3%**

**31%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****86%**

**96%

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 Ganja?

■ Shyam Ganja · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**940

Working population ****30.3%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 70.9% for women. 46% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (49%) · **■** Marginal 122 (37%)

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 Moyna

- Charandas Chak1,191 people
- Harkuli Bhandar Chak1,183 people
- Balbhadra Chak1,114 people
- Nishchinta Chak1,099 people
- Jaigir Chak1,035 people
- Andaria976 people
- Mathurapur943 people
- Ballabhpur Shyampur923 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyam Ganja?1,078 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyam Ganja in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyam Ganja?78.7% (Census 2011)