# Birudiha Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Birudiha

Birudiha is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,377 people in 812 households**, the 5th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 3,377people (2011)
- 812households
- 73.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birudiha

Of every 100 households in Birudiha in 2011, 71 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Birudiha · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**68%

Tap water ****38%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**70%

Use banking services ****66%**

**68%

Television ****51%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****91%**

**96%

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 Birudiha?

■ Birudiha · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**976

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 64.7% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (8%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 751 (55%) · **■** Marginal 438 (32%)

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 Kanksa

- Panagar5,510 people
- Basudha5,166 people
- Ijjatganj4,085 people
- Shilampur3,968 people
- Shyambazar3,308 people
- Kuldiha3,250 people
- Babnabera3,009 people
- Bistupur2,992 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birudiha?3,377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birudiha in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birudiha?73.6% (Census 2011)