# Panchgram Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Panchgram

Panchgram is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **17,137 people in 4,004 households**, the 1st largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 17,137people (2011)
- 4,004households
- 73.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panchgram

Of every 100 households in Panchgram in 2011, 35 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panchgram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**76%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Panchgram?

■ Panchgram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**965

Working population ****32.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 67.7% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 672 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,649 (29%) · **■** Household industry 250 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,396 (25%) · **■** Marginal 1,644 (29%)

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

- Rasulpur9,954 people
- Nabagram6,939 people
- Gura6,802 people
- Chupar5,367 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panchgram?17,137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchgram in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panchgram?73.2% (Census 2011)