Banagram, Paschim Bardhaman

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.
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 census towns .

Demographics

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

For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Banagram covered an area of. 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.