# Birra Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Birra

Birra is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,600 people in 364 households**, the 31st largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,600people (2011)
- 364households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birra

Of every 100 households in Birra in 2011, 61 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Birra · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**87%

Use banking services ****90%**

**62%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**16%

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 Birra?

■ Birra · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**985

Working population ****50.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 63.2% for women. 64% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (11%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 207 (25%) · **■** Marginal 348 (43%)

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 Vishnupur

- Kakila1,649 people
- Basudebpur1,642 people
- Kuldangar1,622 people
- Damodarpur1,612 people
- Hulmara1,463 people
- Bhagaband1,454 people
- Dharapati1,399 people
- Ghugimura1,398 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birra?1,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birra in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birra?73.0% (Census 2011)