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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kumargram

Kumargram is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,196 people in 304 households**, the 52nd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,196people (2011)
- 304households
- 74.2%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumargram

Of every 100 households in Kumargram in 2011, 64 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kumargram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**65%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kumargram?

■ Kumargram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**965

Working population ****34.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 68.4% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (28%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 59 (14%)

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

- Haripur1,317 people
- Gongasagar1,285 people
- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people
- Osail1,186 people
- Nazirpur1,175 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kumargram?1,196 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumargram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kumargram?74.2% (Census 2011)