Nabagram, India

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  ?Nabagram
West Bengal • India
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Location of Nabagram
Coordinates: 22°17′N 88°31′E / 22.29, 88.51
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 6 m (20 ft)
District(s) Puruliya
Population 5,642 (2001)
Website: purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html

Coordinates: 22°17′N 88°31′E / 22.29, 88.51 Nabagram (Bengali: নবগ্রাম) is a census town in Puruliya district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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[edit] Geography

Nabagram is located at 22.29° N 88.51° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.[2]

Also Nabagram is a place which is situated on the bank of river "Ganges". Nearest landmark is Konnagar Railway Station, Nabagram Vidyapith School. Nabagram is a nice cool place to live on near Kolkata.People are not getting facilies that a municipal area gets, as Still it is ruled by "Gram Panchayet".

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census[3], Nabagram had a population of 5642. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nabagram has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 44%. In Nabagram, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nabagram
  2. ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
  3. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

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