# Biriya Village, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Biriya

Biriya is a village in Ghatampur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **550 people in 104 households**, the 258th largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 550people (2011)
- 104households
- 76.8%literacy
- 815females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biriya

Of every 100 households in Biriya in 2011, 4 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Biriya · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****67%**

**80%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Biriya?

■ Biriya · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****815**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****689**

**887

Working population ****52.0%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 66.7% for women. 63% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 98 (34%)

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 Ghatampur

- Bakasara601 people
- Siromanpur565 people
- Shekhpur558 people
- Anoiya550 people
- Gaura544 people
- Balaha Para Khurd529 people
- Ghuraupur515 people
- Tilhali514 people

[All 319 villages in Ghatampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/ghatampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biriya?550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biriya in?Kanpur Nagar district (Ghatampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Biriya?76.8% (Census 2011)