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About Egaragram Village

Egaragram is a large village in Bishnupur II tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,298, made up of 1,198 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743398, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Egaragram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Egaragram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Bishnupur II
Pincode 743398
Area (hectares) 128.29 hectares
Population 2,298
Male Population 1,198
Female Population 1,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Egaragram compares

By the 2011 count Egaragram is the 22nd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 128.29 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Egaragram

Egaragram is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Egaragram as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Egaragram from other places

Egaragram lies about 28 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Joka, about 14 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 Egaragram
Nearest railway station Joka 14 km
Nearest town Pujali 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bishnupur II 28 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 28 km

Villages closest to Egaragram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishnupur II 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 Egaragram

As per the Census of India 2011, Egaragram village had a population of 2,298. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Egaragram village has 1,198 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Egaragram has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Egaragram is 743398. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Egaragram covers 128.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Egaragram falls under Bishnupur II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Egaragram is Joka, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Egaragram is about 28 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Egaragram is in Bishnupur II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Joka is about 14 km away. Pujali is about 15 km away. Bishnupur II is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nalbhag (under 2 km), Abhirampur (1.6 km) and Dharmapur (1.8 km).

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

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