# Bergum Village, Habra - I – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Habra - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bergum

Bergum is a village in Habra - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,989 people in 1,673 households**, the 3rd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 6,989people (2011)
- 1,673households
- 81.4%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bergum

Of every 100 households in Bergum in 2011, 53 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bergum · ■ Habra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**13%

Tap water ****62%**

**18%

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

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**88%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****28%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bergum?

■ Bergum · ■ Habra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**943

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 75.3% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 495 (19%) · **■** Household industry 145 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,343 (51%) · **■** Marginal 347 (13%)

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 Habra - I

- Janaphul9,515 people
- Phultala7,775 people
- Sonakene6,937 people
- Rajballabhpur6,909 people
- Mahisha Machhlandapur6,488 people
- Kashipur5,877 people

[All 55 villages in Habra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/habra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bergum?6,989 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bergum in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bergum?81.4% (Census 2011)