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About Kogram Village

Kogram is a mid sized village in Nalhati I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,699, made up of 889 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kogram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kogram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Nalhati I
Pincode 731220
Area (hectares) 463.72 hectares
Population 1,699
Male Population 889
Female Population 810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kogram compares

By the 2011 count Kogram is the 48th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 463.72 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kogram

Kogram is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kogram as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kogram from other places

Kogram lies about 17 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Takipur, about 1.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kogram
Nearest railway station Takipur 1.9 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalhati I 17 km
District headquarters Birbhum 17 km

Villages closest to Kogram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nalhati I tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Kogram

As per the Census of India 2011, Kogram village had a population of 1,699. That makes it the 48th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Kogram village has 889 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kogram has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Kogram is 731220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kogram covers 463.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kogram falls under Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kogram is Takipur, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kogram.

Kogram is about 17 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kogram is in Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district. Takipur is about 1.9 km away. Nalhāti is about 8.3 km away. Nalhati I is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Takipur (under 2 km), Gosainpur (2.1 km) and Shri Ballavpur (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kogram today is likely to be higher.

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