# Bira Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Bira

Bira is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,163 people in 257 households**, the 43rd largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,163people (2011)
- 257households
- 69.6%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bira

Of every 100 households in Bira in 2011, 17 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bira · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**60%

Tap water ****9%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**68%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**42%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bira?

■ Bira · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**955

Working population ****37.1%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 62.9% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 53 (12%) · **■** Marginal 144 (33%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Murutia1,576 people
- Mahula1,411 people
- Bakalsa1,373 people
- Malgram1,275 people
- Mitratikuri1,131 people
- Beninagar1,109 people
- Bahara1,102 people
- Ichhapur1,032 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bira?1,163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bira in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bira?69.6% (Census 2011)