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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYDEB BAR
Contact: 97****2275
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- LGD code
- 325528
- Pincode
- 712409
- Post office
- Singur
- Population
- 1,495
- Households
- 348
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 507
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghanashyampur compares
By population, Ghanashyampur ranks #52 of 100 villages in Singur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.1%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Ghanashyampur
- 78.1%
- Singur mandal
- 75.9%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−55 vs mandal average
- Ghanashyampur
- 917
- Singur mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Ghanashyampur
- 4.3
- Singur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghanashyampur at a glance
Ghanashyampur is a village of 1,495 people in 348 households (Census 2011) in Singur block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 52nd-largest of 100 villages in Singur block. Literacy is 78%, 2 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712409, served by Singur post office; the LGD village code is 325528. The sarpanch is JAYDEB BAR, and the village votes in Singur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Kumar Das. The population is estimated at 1,763 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baruiparapaltagarh →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghanashyampur · this village | 1,495 | 78% | — |
| Ramnagar · Singur | 4,006 | 77% | — |
| Ajabnagar · Singur | 1,777 | 70% | — |
| Telipukur · Singur | 1,370 | 80% | — |
| Raghunathpur · Singur | 1,199 | 76% | — |
| Srirampur Beraberi · Singur | 1,099 | 78% | — |
| Paltagar · Singur | 1,067 | 73% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghanashyampur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 21
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Commercial bank
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 79.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 41.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghanashyampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghanashyampur
- LGD code
- 325528
- Pincode
- 712409
- Post office
- Singur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,495
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,763
- Households
- 348
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 78.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Singur
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Kumar Das
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAYDEB BAR
- Block / Mandal
- Singur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712409
- Mirzapur-BakipurSingur mandal5,842 pop
- Dewan BheriSingur mandal5,687 pop
- BasubatiSingur mandal4,256 pop
- ShibrambatiSingur mandal4,208 pop
- BainchipotaSingur mandal4,019 pop
- AnandanagarSingur mandal3,915 pop
- SrirampurSingur mandal3,762 pop
- KhordaapurbapurSingur mandal3,572 pop
- GandarpukurSingur mandal3,277 pop
Same name, different place
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Other villages in Singur mandal
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- Daluigachha
- Bainchipota
- Ramnagar
- Anandanagar
- Srirampur
- Baje Melia
- Khordaapurbapur
- Mollasimla
- Chhinamor
- Nanda
- Gandarpukur
- Mamudpur
- Noapara
- Kamar Kundu
- Bhola
- Haripur
- Baburbheri
- Gobindapur
- Jhakari
- Madhya Hijli
- Dhitara
- Diara
- Gourangapur
- Rajarambati
- Bagdanga
- Baharampur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)