# Baigram Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baigram

Baigram is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **640 people in 161 households**, the 53rd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 640people (2011)
- 161households
- 72.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baigram

Of every 100 households in Baigram in 2011, 19 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baigram · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****9%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**32%

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 Baigram?

■ Baigram · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**966

Working population ****46.6%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 65.6% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (27%) · **■** Household industry 14 (5%) · **■** Other work 38 (13%) · **■** Marginal 118 (40%)

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 Hilli

- Purba Kalikapur690 people
- Gosaipur689 people
- Ismailpur661 people
- Fajullapur651 people
- Chaksubid640 people
- Goyespur639 people
- Salash638 people
- Jantipur615 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baigram?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baigram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baigram?72.3% (Census 2011)