Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Balagram

Balagram is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,130 people in 277 households, the 84th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 1,130 people (2011)
- 277 households
- 77.1% literacy
- 915 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balagram

Of every 100 households in Balagram in 2011, 13 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balagram · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 13% 25%
- Toilet within the home 36% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 64% 47%
- Tap water 5% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 86% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 95%
- Use banking services 36% 40%
- Television 6% 12%
- Mobile phone 34% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 25% 36%
- Own their home 95% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balagram?

■ Balagram · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.1% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 915 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 864 942
- Working population 44.5% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 68.1% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 148 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 112 (22%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 65 (13%) · ■ Marginal 177 (35%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Panigram Ghughumari 1,192 people
- Shibpur 1,188 people
- Shishabguri 1,170 people
- Natuarpar 1,142 people
- Jhal Jhali 1,122 people
- Tupamari Dewanbas 1,116 people
- Baghmara 1,108 people
- Paitakapara 1,094 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balagram? 1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balagram in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balagram? 77.1% (Census 2011)

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