Country India PIN 742181 (Nabagram) Area 305.6 km² Population 227,586 (2011) | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone/STD code 03482 Area code 03482 | |
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Nabagram is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Nabagram police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Nabagram. It is located 24 km from Baharampur, the district headquarters.
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Location
Maharul, one of the constituent panchayats of Nabagram block, is located at 24°04′14″N 88°02′20″E.
Nabagram CD Block is bounded by Sagardighi CD Block in the north, Murshidabad-Jiaganj and Berhampore CD Blocks in the east, Khargram CD Block in the south and Rampurhat II CD Block, in Birbhum district, in the west.
Area
Nabagram CD Block has an area of 305.61 km2.
Physical features
The Bhagirathi divides the district into two parts namely Bagri on the east and Rahr on the west. The Padma separates the district from Malda district, and Chapai Nawabganj and Rajshahi districts of Bangladesh.
Gram panchayats
Gram panchayats in Nabagram block/ panchayat samiti are: Amarkunda, Gurapashla, Hozbibidanga, Kiriteswari, Maharul, Nabagram, Narayanpur, Panchagram, Rasulpur and Shibpur.
Population
As per 2011 Census of India Nabagram CD Block had a total population of 227,586, all of which were rural. There were 116,134 (51%) males and 111,452 (49%) females. The population below 6 years was 28,900. Scheduled Castes numbered 56,622 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 16,770.
As per 2001 census, Nabagram block has a total population of 196,585, out of which 100,491 were males and 96,074 were females. Nabagram block registered a population growth of 22.75 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 23.70 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.
Large villages
Large villages in Nabagram CD Block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Nimgram (4,056), Chupar (5,367), Sahebnagar (4,094), Panchgram (17,137), Rasulpur (9,954), Singar (5,200), Gura (6,802), Nabagram (6,939), Rajkhanda (4,005), Bilbari (4,142), and Dafarpur (5,243).
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Nabagram CD Block was 140,735 (70.83% of the population above 6 years) out of which 77,534 (55%) were males and 63,201 (45%) were females.
As per 2011 census, literacy in Murshidabad district was 66.59.Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
Language
Bengali is the local language in these areas.