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About Shyampur Village

Shyampur is a small village in Garbeta III tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 127 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.36 hectares hectares.

Shyampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shyampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Garbeta III
Area (hectares) 52.36 hectares
Population 238
Male Population 127
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shyampur compares

By the 2011 count Shyampur is the 128th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 793 residents. Its 52.36 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 979.

Getting to Shyampur

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

How far is Shyampur from other places

Shyampur lies about 21 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Benapur, about 2.6 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 Shyampur
Nearest railway station Benapur 2.6 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Garbeta III 21 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 21 km

Villages closest to Shyampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garbeta III 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 Shyampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shyampur village had a population of 238. That makes it the 128th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 793 residents.

Shyampur village has 127 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shyampur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Shyampur covers 52.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shyampur falls under Garbeta III tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Shyampur is Benapur, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Shyampur is about 21 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shyampur is in Garbeta III tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Benapur is about 2.6 km away. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Garbeta III is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhurkuri (10 km), Bardiha (11 km) and Beliaganj (13 km).

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

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