# Mehagram Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Mehagram

Mehagram is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,731 people in 1,358 households**, the 6th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 5,731people (2011)
- 1,358households
- 75.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehagram

Of every 100 households in Mehagram in 2011, 27 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mehagram · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**85%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**46%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**41%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Mehagram?

■ Mehagram · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**959

Working population ****35.5%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 70.5% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 384 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 908 (45%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 224 (11%) · **■** Marginal 497 (24%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Paikpara9,993 people
- Bujunga7,198 people
- Madhura5,996 people
- Bhelian5,901 people
- Amaypur5,376 people
- Banior5,369 people
- Gosainpur4,980 people
- Dharampur4,652 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehagram?5,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehagram in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mehagram?75.9% (Census 2011)