# Purgram Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purgram

Purgram is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,668 people in 381 households**, the 42nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,668people (2011)
- 381households
- 62.8%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purgram

Of every 100 households in Purgram in 2011, 9 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purgram · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purgram?

■ Purgram · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1238**

**969

Working population ****46.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 51.9% for women. 63% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 400 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 145 (19%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Balas1,771 people
- Lakshmipur1,729 people
- Baruna1,721 people
- Khatsa1,697 people
- Keotan1,639 people
- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandail1,557 people
- Chandgaon1,539 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purgram?1,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purgram in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purgram?62.8% (Census 2011)