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. Geography Location Bargram, a constituent panchayat of Shyampur II block, is located at . 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. Area and administration 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. Topography 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 Gram panchayats of Shyampur II block/panchayat samiti are: Amardaha, Bachhri, Bargram, Dihimondalghat I, Dihimondalghat II, Kharuberia, Nakol, and Shashati. Demographics Overview 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. Population As per 2011 Census of India Shyampur II CD Block had a total population of 196,164, of which 175,475 were rural and 20,689 were urban. There were 100,471 (51%) males and 95,693 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 23,221. Scheduled Castes numbered 23,055 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 109. As per 2001 census, Shyampur II block had a total population of 171,047, out of which 86,943 were males and 84,104 were females. Shyampur II block registered a population growth of 11.57 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Scheduled castes at 22,809 formed around one-eighth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 451. Census Towns and large villages Census Towns in Shyampur II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Naul (5,865), Shashati (6,914) and Dihimandalghat (7,910). Large villages in Shyampur II CD Block (2011