# Charigram Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Charigram

Charigram is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,656 people in 364 households**, the 35th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,656people (2011)
- 364households
- 66.7%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Charigram

Of every 100 households in Charigram in 2011, 39 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Charigram · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****68%**

**39%

Television ****27%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Charigram?

■ Charigram · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1035**

**964

Working population ****37.6%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 57.9% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 368 (59%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 121 (19%) · **■** Marginal 68 (11%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Indus

- Mahespur1,835 people
- Kharra1,776 people
- Pariksha Para1,689 people
- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people
- Keneti1,656 people
- Pantrai1,634 people
- Chichinga1,591 people
- Khat Nagar1,530 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Charigram?1,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charigram in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Charigram?66.7% (Census 2011)