# Egaragram Village, Bishnupur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Egaragram

Egaragram is a village in Bishnupur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,298 people in 543 households**, the 22nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,298people (2011)
- 543households
- 88.9%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Egaragram

Of every 100 households in Egaragram in 2011, 51 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Egaragram · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**45%

Tap water ****10%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**84%

Use banking services ****64%**

**46%

Television ****50%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Egaragram?

■ Egaragram · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1205**

**953

Working population ****41.9%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 82.1% for women. 65% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (20%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 279 (29%) · **■** Marginal 434 (45%)

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 Bishnupur - II

- Sajua2,673 people
- Chak Sukdeb2,650 people
- Angarbaria2,634 people
- Akulshe2,527 people
- Deuli Sultanpur2,233 people
- Khasjhika2,194 people
- Kishorpur2,094 people
- Ramchandra Nagar2,043 people

[All 53 villages in Bishnupur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Egaragram?2,298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Egaragram in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Egaragram?88.9% (Census 2011)