Nabgram
Nabgram | |
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Census Town | |
Coordinates: 23°40′43″N 87°14′41″E / 23.678565°N 87.244724°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,626 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
Website | bardhaman |
Nabgram is a census town in Pandabeswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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Location
Nabgram is located at 23°40′43″N 87°14′41″E / 23.678565°N 87.244724°E.
The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.[1]
Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.[2]
Urbanisation
As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. 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).[3]
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India Nabgram had a total population of 4,626, of which 2,431 (53%) were males and 2,195 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 609. The total number of literates Nabgram was 3,032 (75.48% of the population over 6 years).[4]
As of 2001[update] India census,[5] Nabgram had a population of 4,643. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Nabgram has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 46%. In Nabgram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery.[6]
Education
Nabgram has three primary schools.[7]
References
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), Template:Bn icon, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
- ^ "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Pandabeswar CD Block, page 243. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Bankola Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine