# Panchagram Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Panchagram

Panchagram is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,706 people in 399 households**, the 41st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,706people (2011)
- 399households
- 75.4%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchagram

Of every 100 households in Panchagram in 2011, 10 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchagram · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****48%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**37%

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 Panchagram?

■ Panchagram · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**936

Working population ****36.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 69.8% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 168 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 368 (60%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 25 (4%)

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 Gangarampur

- Mallikpur1,794 people
- Nandair1,725 people
- Narai1,712 people
- Madhabpur1,711 people
- Thengapara1,692 people
- Purbba Bishnupur1,654 people
- Nandanpur1,626 people
- Ratinathpur1,517 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchagram?1,706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchagram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchagram?75.4% (Census 2011)