# Bijra Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Bijra

Bijra is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,860 people in 737 households**, the 26th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,860people (2011)
- 737households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijra

Of every 100 households in Bijra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bijra · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**50%

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

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**43%

Tap water ****3%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**37%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**74%

Use banking services ****45%**

**39%

Television ****23%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bijra?

■ Bijra · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**973

Working population ****42.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 62.9% for women. 62% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 486 (40%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 345 (29%) · **■** Marginal 219 (18%)

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 Memari - I

- Keja3,075 people
- Shimla2,974 people
- Kalshi2,897 people
- Nudipur2,893 people
- Dadpur2,791 people
- Uttar Radhakantapur2,739 people
- Katapur2,737 people
- Gantar2,637 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijra?2,860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijra in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijra?69.4% (Census 2011)