# Garsama Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Garsama

Garsama is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,161 people in 265 households**, the 66th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,161people (2011)
- 265households
- 64.8%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garsama

Of every 100 households in Garsama in 2011, 27 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Garsama · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Garsama?

■ Garsama · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**965

Working population ****56.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 57.6% for women. 58% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 211 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 179 (27%)

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 Nabagram

- Jalukhan1,230 people
- Hijrol1,212 people
- Ayra1,167 people
- Digari1,165 people
- Buradanga1,104 people
- Bahala1,087 people
- Pamia1,084 people
- Panchanandapur1,037 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garsama?1,161 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garsama in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garsama?64.8% (Census 2011)