# Baragram Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baragram

Baragram is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,556 people in 533 households**, the 7th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,556people (2011)
- 533households
- 72.7%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baragram

Of every 100 households in Baragram in 2011, 36 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baragram · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Baragram?

■ Baragram · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1076**

**972

Working population ****40.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 66.3% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 437 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (8%) · **■** Marginal 360 (35%)

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 Bansihari

- Elahabad4,220 people
- Sibpur3,068 people
- Kuskari2,931 people
- Karai2,818 people
- Barail2,506 people
- Aligara2,417 people
- Jamar2,341 people
- Kail2,244 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baragram?2,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baragram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baragram?72.7% (Census 2011)