# Birgram Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Birgram

Birgram is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,108 people in 237 households**, the 50th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,108people (2011)
- 237households
- 60.0%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birgram

Of every 100 households in Birgram in 2011, 30 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Birgram · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Birgram?

■ Birgram · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**67.9%

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

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1256**

**955

Working population ****54.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 50.1% for women. 57% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (7%) · **■** Marginal 292 (48%)

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 Hemtabad

- Krishnabati1,148 people
- Darimanpur1,135 people
- Patair1,132 people
- Bamra1,114 people
- Bidisoil1,103 people
- Sonabanda1,098 people
- Dehuchi1,087 people
- Krishnapur1,071 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birgram?1,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birgram in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birgram?60.0% (Census 2011)