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Shyamchak Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shyamchak is a medium size village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 72 families residing. The Shyamchak village has population of 311 of which 159 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shyamchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shyamchak village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shyamchak as per census is 700, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shyamchak village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shyamchak village was 58.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shyamchak Male literacy stands at 69.06 % while female literacy rate was 48.55 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shyamchak 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 Shyamchak village.

Shyamchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 311 159 152
Child (0-6) 34 20 14
Schedule Caste 306 155 151
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.84 % 69.06 % 48.55 %
Total Workers 125 109 16
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 99 83 16

Caste Factor

In Shyamchak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.39 % of total population in Shyamchak village. The village Shyamchak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shyamchak village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 20.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.