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.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] 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.