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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Margram

Margram is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 212 households**, the 98th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 870people (2011)
- 212households
- 72.5%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Margram

Of every 100 households in Margram in 2011, 26 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Margram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****52%**

**41%

Television ****25%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Margram?

■ Margram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**965

Working population ****41.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 67.1% for women. 66% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (40%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (14%) · **■** Marginal 20 (6%)

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

- Mahadipur888 people
- Banhat885 people
- Kamalpur877 people
- Chak Ramprosad870 people
- Kuchila864 people
- Indra863 people
- Jotgopal858 people
- Bahicha857 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Margram?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Margram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Margram?72.5% (Census 2011)