# Birkham Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Birkham

Birkham is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **113 people in 29 households**, the 139th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 113people (2011)
- 29households
- 60.2%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birkham

Of every 100 households in Birkham in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birkham · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**89%

Use banking services ****65%**

**57%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birkham?

■ Birkham · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**940

Working population ****55.8%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 46.7% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (38%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 10 (16%)

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 Khatra

- Jambeda124 people
- Kuchiar Mahar120 people
- Ratanpur116 people
- Bandarkonda115 people
- Pita Dungri90 people
- Madhabpur86 people
- Labda Para76 people
- Indkucha71 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birkham?113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birkham in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birkham?60.2% (Census 2011)