# Birpura Village, Nowgong, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Nowgong, Chhatarpur 

# Birpura

Birpura is a village in Nowgong sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **290 people in 58 households**, the 70th largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.7%.

- 290people (2011)
- 58households
- 83.3%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Birpura PIN code and other codes

Birpura falls in Nowgong sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockNowgong
- Census village code457717

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Birpura from nearby towns?

- Nowgong (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)25 km by road
- Nowgong (nearest town)1 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Birpura?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Birpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nowgong
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Birpura known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and pea**. About 46% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 54 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Birpura

Of every 100 households in Birpura in 2011, 67 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Birpura · ■ Nowgong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**53%

Television ****61%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

Own their home ****93%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Birpura?

■ Birpura · ■ Nowgong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**61.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**904

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****625**

**890

Working population ****45.2%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 78.8% for women. 38% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 13 (10%) · **■** Marginal 35 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nowgong

- Kulwara431 people
- Khakari Pirpura385 people
- Naupariya341 people
- Kartol )332 people
- Simardha215 people
- Pali162 people
- Barbai151 people
- Kudail75 people

[All 80 villages in Nowgong](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/nowgong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Birpura from Chhatarpur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Birpura?290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birpura in?Chhatarpur district (Nowgong sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Birpura?83.3% (Census 2011)