# Bahirgram Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bahirgram

Bahirgram is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,300 people in 294 households**, the 14th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,300people (2011)
- 294households
- 77.7%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahirgram

Of every 100 households in Bahirgram in 2011, 45 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahirgram · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**35%

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

**11%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****34%**

**25%

Television ****21%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bahirgram?

■ Bahirgram · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**960

Working population ****63.8%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 70.1% for women. 68% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (9%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 114 (14%) · **■** Marginal 614 (74%)

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 Jamboni

- Kherya Juri1,573 people
- Chilkigar1,553 people
- Dumria1,541 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Khamar Para1,253 people
- Kapgari1,225 people
- Noharia1,217 people
- Bara Enyata1,175 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahirgram?1,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahirgram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahirgram?77.7% (Census 2011)