Shyampur is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the

Magrahat II Magrahat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Magrahat II CD block is located at . It has an averag ...

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in the

Diamond Harbour subdivision Diamond Harbour subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 26.04% of the total pop ...

of the

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district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24

s. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Location

Shyampur is located at

Uttar Kalas Uttar Kalas (or Uttar Kalash) is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geograph ...

Dihi Kalas Dihi Kalas is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geogra ...

, Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat and Bilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the ''District Census Handbook'' for South 24 Parganas. Dhamua, Shyampur and

Nainan Nainan is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography ...

form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Shyampur had a total population of 22,024 of which 11,415 (52%) were males and 10,609 (48%) were females. There were 2,850 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Shyampur was 15,230 (79.43% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Shyampur covered an area of 7.4513 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 66 km roads, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 1,297 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity and child welfare centre and 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 14 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Magrahat 12 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 public library, 1 reading room. Important commodities it produced were: silver ornaments, biri.

Transport

Shyampur is on the Dhamua-Magrahat Road. Dhamua railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare

Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Magrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district