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About Syampur Village

Syampur is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 79 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Syampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Syampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742226
Area (hectares) 71.35 hectares
Population 147
Male Population 79
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Syampur compares

By the 2011 count Syampur is the 163rd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 71.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Syampur

Syampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Syampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Syampur from other places

Syampur lies about 33 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Morgram, about 5.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Syampur
Nearest railway station Morgram 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagardighi 12 km
Nearest town Jangipur 17 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 33 km

Villages closest to Syampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagardighi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Syampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Syampur village had a population of 147. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Syampur village has 79 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Syampur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Syampur is 742226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Syampur covers 71.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Syampur falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Syampur is Morgram, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Syampur.

Syampur is about 33 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Syampur is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Morgram is about 5.1 km away. Sagardighi is about 12 km away. Jangipur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Athua (under 2 km), Belaipara (under 2 km) and Tantibiral (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Syampur today is likely to be higher.

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