# Birsingha Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Birsingha

Birsingha is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,231 people in 1,226 households**, the 2nd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 5,231people (2011)
- 1,226households
- 66.9%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birsingha

Of every 100 households in Birsingha in 2011, 44 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birsingha · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****12%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****26%**

**44%

Television ****26%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Birsingha?

■ Birsingha · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**946

Working population ****47.1%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 57.6% for women. 62% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 695 (28%) · **■** Household industry 616 (25%) · **■** Other work 376 (15%) · **■** Marginal 632 (26%)

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 Patrasayer

- Patrasair10,844 people
- Chak Patra Saer5,100 people
- Kanta Ban4,209 people
- Biur4,105 people
- Patit Dommahal3,971 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birsingha?5,231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birsingha in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birsingha?66.9% (Census 2011)