# Birsingpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Birsingpur

Birsingpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **657 people in 131 households**, the 93rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 657people (2011)
- 131households
- 64.2%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birsingpur

Of every 100 households in Birsingpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birsingpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**75%

Use banking services ****48%**

**53%

Television ****32%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Birsingpur?

■ Birsingpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**948

Working population ****39.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 55.1% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 61 (24%) · **■** Marginal 49 (19%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Rajda686 people
- Brojanathpur674 people
- Ramchandrapur672 people
- Karachmani Khayarsol658 people
- Bhula650 people
- Prayagpur635 people
- Rani Bandh628 people
- Bneshe625 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birsingpur?657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birsingpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birsingpur?64.2% (Census 2011)