# Baligram Village, Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad 

# Baligram

Baligram is a village in Bhagawangola - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,040 people in 500 households**, the 25th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 2,040people (2011)
- 500households
- 65.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baligram

Of every 100 households in Baligram in 2011, 12 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baligram · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**35%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**27%

Television ****9%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**42%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Baligram?

■ Baligram · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**968

Working population ****34.0%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 65.9% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 317 (46%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 88 (13%) · **■** Marginal 134 (19%)

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 Bhagawangola - II

- Topi Danga2,582 people
- Jibanpur2,385 people
- Nandanpur2,108 people
- Harirampur2,047 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,947 people
- Alaipur1,812 people
- Jazira Char Dumuria1,797 people
- Malipur1,774 people

[All 71 villages in Bhagawangola - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baligram?2,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baligram in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baligram?65.2% (Census 2011)