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Shyampur II

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

Bargram, a constituent panchayat of Shyampur II block, is located at 22°23′17″N 88°02′15″E / 22.38792°N 88.037582°E / 22.38792; 88.037582.

Shyampur II CD Block is bounded by Bagnan II and Uluberia I CD Blocks in the north, Shyampur I CD Block in the east and south, Sahid Matangini and Tamluk CD Blocks, in Purba Medinipur district, across the Rupnarayan, in the west.

It is located 51 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.

Shyampur II CD Block has an area of 100.25  km2. Shyampur police station serves this CD Block. Shyampur II panchayat samity has 8 gram panchayats. The block has 76 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Shashati.

Howrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.

Gram panchayats of Shyampur II block/panchayat samiti are: Amardaha, Bachhri, Bargram, Dihimondalghat I, Dihimondalghat II, Kharuberia, Nakol, and Shashati.

Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, a majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation.

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