# Kaigram Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kaigram

Kaigram is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,826 people in 448 households**, the 22nd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,826people (2011)
- 448households
- 79.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaigram

Of every 100 households in Kaigram in 2011, 0 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaigram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****48%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kaigram?

■ Kaigram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**965

Working population ****42.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 76.0% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 404 (52%)

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 Balurghat

- Dangi2,041 people
- Panditpur1,932 people
- Hazipur1,900 people
- Paranpur1,889 people
- Badkhorna1,801 people
- Baul1,786 people
- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaigram?1,826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaigram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaigram?79.7% (Census 2011)