# Birra Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Birra

Birra is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,101 people in 252 households**, the 58th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,101people (2011)
- 252households
- 80.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birra

Of every 100 households in Birra in 2011, 42 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**86%

Tap water ****76%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**67%

Use banking services ****13%**

**43%

Television ****27%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Birra?

■ Birra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**68.1%

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

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**908

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 71.2% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 95 (25%) · **■** Marginal 279 (73%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Ramkanali1,173 people
- Selera1,170 people
- Bhatla Para1,152 people
- Jemua1,138 people
- Ghanashyampur1,025 people
- Ekchala1,012 people
- Hanri Bhanga984 people
- Khayer Bani970 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birra?1,101 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birra in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birra?80.1% (Census 2011)