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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Shyampur

Shyampur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,006 people in 187 households**, the 67th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,006people (2011)
- 187households
- 55.4%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyampur

Of every 100 households in Shyampur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shyampur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**84%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1135**

**966

Working population ****48.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 38.9% for women. 56% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 99 (20%) · **■** Marginal 342 (70%)

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 Purulia - II

- Ketika1,092 people
- Batikara1,086 people
- Khudibandh1,084 people
- Anai1,032 people
- Gopalpur1,000 people
- Loharsol943 people
- Bhagabandh871 people
- Raghudi861 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyampur?1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyampur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shyampur?55.4% (Census 2011)