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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhogram is a village in Hemtabad mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,979 in 412 households with a literacy rate of 62%. The village has a bank facility.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LOVELY PARVIN
Contact: 70****4231
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- LGD code
- 309842
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population
- 1,979
- Households
- 412
- Literacy rate
- 62%
- Sex ratio
- 1028 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 763
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 351 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1138 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bangalbaree · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hemtabad Rural Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhogram compares
By population, Bhogram ranks #22 of 116 villages in Hemtabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.0%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Bhogram
- 62.0%
- Hemtabad mandal
- 58.3%
- Uttar Dinajpur district
- 49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,028
+72 vs mandal average
- Bhogram
- 1,028
- Hemtabad mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bhogram
- 4.8
- Hemtabad mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhogram at a glance
Bhogram is a village of 1,979 people in 412 households (Census 2011) in Hemtabad block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 22nd-largest of 116 villages in Hemtabad block. Literacy is 62%, 4 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,028 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 14 km from Rejinagar, the nearest town, 12 km from Bangalbaree railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733134, served by Raiganj post office; the LGD village code is 309842. Mapped within or next to the village: bank. The sarpanch is LOVELY PARVIN, and the village votes in Harirampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biplab Mitra. The population is estimated at 2,214 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhogram · this village | 1,979 | 62% | — |
| Turibar · Hemtabad | 1,644 | 62% | 1.8 km SE |
| Raghugaon · Hemtabad | 1,298 | 58% | 2.3 km S |
| Karaidangi · Hemtabad | 692 | 62% | 2.5 km N |
| Kastarai · Hemtabad | 934 | 58% | 2.4 km NW |
| Bolkundi · Hemtabad | 836 | 56% | 2.6 km W |
| Arazi Bahala · Hemtabad | 0 | — | 2.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhogram
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 328.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 155
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhogram
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhogram
- LGD code
- 309842
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,979
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,214
- Households
- 412
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1028
- Literacy rate
- 62.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.72835°N, 88.25551°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balurghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Harirampur
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Majumdar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Biplab Mitra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LOVELY PARVIN
- Block / Mandal
- Hemtabad
- Nearest bank
- হেমতাবাদ (0.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bhogram
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata351 kmcapital
- Delhi1138 km
- Hyderabad1371 km
- Chennai1635 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBangalbaree12 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand21 km
- Hospital / PHCHemtabad Rural Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankহেমতাবাদ<1 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump12 km
- CollegeKaliyaganj Sarala Sundari School13 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF51 km
Nearest to the village
- Bank / ATM
- হেমতাবাদunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhogram
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Tarasundari templeTemple4.6 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 733134
Villages near Bhogram
Other villages in Hemtabad mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)