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Shyampur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shyampur is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 187 families residing. The Shyampur village has population of 1006 of which 513 are males while 493 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shyampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shyampur village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shyampur as per census is 1135, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shyampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shyampur village was 55.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shyampur Male literacy stands at 70.84 % while female literacy rate was 38.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shyampur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shyampur village.

Shyampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 1,006 513 493
Child (0-6) 158 74 84
Schedule Caste 393 194 199
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.42 % 70.84 % 38.88 %
Total Workers 490 287 203
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 342 153 189

Caste Factor

In Shyampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.07 % of total population in Shyampur village. The village Shyampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shyampur village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 30.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.