# Churigram Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Churigram

Churigram is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,238 people in 322 households**, the 79th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,238people (2011)
- 322households
- 61.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Churigram

Of every 100 households in Churigram in 2011, 14 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Churigram · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**26%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****45%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****11%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**53%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Churigram?

■ Churigram · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**960

Working population ****46.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 52.9% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (34%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (6%) · **■** Marginal 267 (46%)

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 Khargram

- Dangapara1,303 people
- Goai1,293 people
- Podda1,273 people
- Kandra1,258 people
- Sundarpur1,235 people
- Nonadanga1,225 people
- Palasi1,225 people
- Jethya1,204 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Churigram?1,238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Churigram in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Churigram?61.1% (Census 2011)