# Shyam Nagar Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Shyam Nagar

Shyam Nagar is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 97 households**, the 72nd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 538people (2011)
- 97households
- 73.9%literacy
- 830females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyam Nagar

Of every 100 households in Shyam Nagar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shyam Nagar · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****93%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Nagar?

■ Shyam Nagar · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****830**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**939

Working population ****31.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 58.0% for women. 56% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (11%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (25%) · **■** Marginal 73 (43%)

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 Balarampur

- Inchadih579 people
- Bankudi560 people
- Darbaria560 people
- Sunidih542 people
- Deuli531 people
- Benryadi529 people
- Murugora529 people
- Detya501 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyam Nagar?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyam Nagar in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyam Nagar?73.9% (Census 2011)