# Shyampur Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **910 people in 160 households**, the 51st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 910people (2011)
- 160households
- 64.1%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**80%

Use banking services ****51%**

**30%

Television ****16%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Shyampur?

■ Shyampur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1155**

**973

Working population ****54.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 52.0% for women. 62% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 83 (17%) · **■** Other work 50 (10%) · **■** Marginal 307 (62%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Hetbatari973 people
- Pargo966 people
- Haratan965 people
- Rampur929 people
- Hankasara906 people
- Raghunathpur887 people
- Marlong875 people
- Kuriyam858 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?64.1% (Census 2011)