Mulgram Explained

Mulgram
Settlement Type:Village
Post Office:Boinchiimage_skyline =
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Hooghly
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:20
Population Total:813
Population As Of:2011
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:712134
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:03213
Iso Code:IN-WB

Mulgram is a village in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. The village is 20 meters above sea level. Its post office is in Boinchi, its police station is in Pandua. Its PIN code is 712134 and Bengali is the local language. The village is surrounded by the village named Bhonpur. Inchhura, etc. It's 4 km apart from region's main town Boinchi.

Transport

Bainchigram railway station and Boinchi are the nearest railway stations to Mulgram, however the nearest major railway station is at Bardhaman, 40 km away.

Festivals

Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Sarswati Puja, Kali Puja is the main festivals here.

Population

Mulgram village has a population of 813, of which 393 are males while 420 are females as per the 2011Population Census.

In Mulgram village population of children with age 0–6 is 80 which makes up 9.84% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mulgram village is 1069 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mulgram as per census is 739, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mulgram village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mulgram village was 79.13% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Mulgram Male literacy stands at 85.01% while female literacy rate was 73.83%.

Caste factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 22.51% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.33% of total population in Mulgram village.

Work profile

In Mulgram village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 21.88% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.12% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.

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