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Banagram
Census Town
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Coordinates: 23°42′55″N 87°19′27″E / 23.715252°N 87.324069°E / 23.715252; 87.324069
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Area
• Total	2.1956 km (0.8477 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,635
• Density	2,600/km (6,600/sq mi)
Languages*
• Official	Bengali, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713381
Telephone code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pandaveswar
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Banagram is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Location

Banagram is located at 23°42′55″N 87°19′27″E / 23.715252°N 87.324069°E / 23.715252; 87.324069.

Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha, Nabaghanapur, Sarpi and Ichhapur form a series of census towns along the western border of Faridpur-Durgapur CD block.

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Banagram had a total population of 5,635 of which 2,938 (52%) were males and 2,697 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 666. The total number of literate persons in Banagram was 3,431 (69.05% of the population over 6 years).

*For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Banagram covered an area of 2.1956 km (0.8477 sq mi). Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pump. It had 484 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were two primary schools, other school facilities at Pansali one kilometer away.

Economy

According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Dalurband Colliery, Khottadih OCP, Khottadih UG, Madhaipur Colliery, Manderbony Colliery, Pandaveswar Colliery and South Samla Colliery.

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Faridpur Durgapur CD Block, page 257. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
4. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI:Industry and Banking, Page 1209. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Pandaveswar Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

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