# Kalgram Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Kalgram

Kalgram is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,824 people in 401 households**, the 55th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,824people (2011)
- 401households
- 64.3%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalgram

Of every 100 households in Kalgram in 2011, 35 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalgram · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****65%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalgram?

■ Kalgram · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**960

Working population ****32.2%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 55.3% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 411 (70%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 51 (9%) · **■** Marginal 96 (16%)

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

- Barar1,954 people
- Bagrain1,921 people
- Dhanigram1,840 people
- Garutia1,832 people
- Titidanga1,782 people
- Kharsa1,746 people
- Jahangirpur1,684 people
- Sanigram1,677 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalgram?1,824 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalgram in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalgram?64.3% (Census 2011)