# Birar Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Birar

Birar is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 150 households**, the 138th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 965people (2011)
- 150households
- 59.6%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birar

Of every 100 households in Birar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**85%

Use banking services ****85%**

**83%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birar?

■ Birar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**902

Working population ****34.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 44.7% for women. 44% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (12%) · **■** Household industry 62 (19%) · **■** Other work 71 (21%) · **■** Marginal 84 (25%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Baspar988 people
- Titanpar975 people
- Baidauli973 people
- Bhimapar965 people
- Shahpur955 people
- Nachni948 people
- Amsar941 people
- Kuwawar940 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birar?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birar in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Birar?59.6% (Census 2011)