Shyampur I

Shyampur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it.

As per 2011 Census of India Shyampur I CD Block had a total population of 205,849, of which 183,220 were rural and 22,629 were urban.

[6] As per 2001 census, Shyampur I block had a total population of 182,333, out of which 92,921 were males and 89,412 were females.

Shyampur I block registered a population growth of 14.93 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

[6] Large villages in Shyampur I CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Srikol (4,465), Kotara (4,613), Deuli (6,642), Dakshin Durgapur (4,457), Baneshwarpur (4,928), Sibpur (4,499), Gurepol (7,613), Sibganja (4,764), Bhagawanpur (4,680), Gajankol (4,406), Dhandoli (6,307), Belari (4,383), Ramchandrapur (6,038) and Alipur (7,533).

[6] As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Shyampur I CD Block was 144,440 (78.96% of the population over 6 years) out of which 78,249 (54%) were males and 66,200 (46%) were females.

[9] As per 2001 census, Shyampur I block had a total literacy of 72.65 per cent for the 6+ age group.

In 2011 census Hindus numbered 164,164 and formed 79.74% of the population in Shyampur I CD Block.

Shyampur I CD Block had 203 institutions with 26,563 students for special and non-formal education.

[2] Shyampur I CD Block had 3 health centres, 3 clinics and 1 dispensary with 31 beds and 5 doctors in 2003.

Map of Howrah District