# Nijgram Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Nijgram

Nijgram is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,305 people in 271 households**, the 74th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,305people (2011)
- 271households
- 48.8%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijgram

Of every 100 households in Nijgram in 2011, 9 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nijgram · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Nijgram?

■ Nijgram · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.8%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**979

Working population ****57.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 39.6% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (1%) · **■** Marginal 464 (62%)

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 Gazole

- Salaidanga1,427 people
- Balarampur1,366 people
- Agampur1,315 people
- Purba Binodpur1,312 people
- Nalpur1,295 people
- Sahazadpur1,275 people
- Atghara1,261 people
- Rasikpur1,261 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijgram?1,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijgram in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nijgram?48.8% (Census 2011)