# Badgram Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Badgram

Badgram is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **578 people in 120 households**, the 90th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 578people (2011)
- 120households
- 67.7%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badgram

Of every 100 households in Badgram in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Badgram · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****8%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Badgram?

■ Badgram · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**946

Working population ****34.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 50.4% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 110 (56%) · **■** Marginal 63 (32%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Chamardag607 people
- Ankura601 people
- Badgaon594 people
- Pardi579 people
- Bagbinda533 people
- Palma526 people
- Jamlahar506 people
- Panrri480 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badgram?578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badgram in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badgram?67.7% (Census 2011)