# Purba Gram Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Purba Gram

Purba Gram is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,022 people in 222 households**, the 72nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,022people (2011)
- 222households
- 69.6%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Gram

Of every 100 households in Purba Gram in 2011, 23 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Gram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****98%**

**58%

Television ****13%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purba Gram?

■ Purba Gram · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**965

Working population ****32.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 62.7% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (69%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 51 (16%) · **■** Marginal 32 (10%)

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

- Bahala1,087 people
- Pamia1,084 people
- Panchanandapur1,037 people
- Isannagar1,032 people
- Gangarampur1,017 people
- Majhigram987 people
- Sajaimati973 people
- Amar972 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Gram?1,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Gram in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Gram?69.6% (Census 2011)