# Diara Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Diara

Diara is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **760 people in 179 households**, the 66th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 760people (2011)
- 179households
- 62.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Diara

Of every 100 households in Diara in 2011, 14 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Diara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**92%

Use banking services ****99%**

**55%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Diara?

■ Diara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**975

Working population ****67.2%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 50.6% for women. 68% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (41%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 81 (16%) · **■** Marginal 149 (29%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Purba Kalikapur834 people
- Tarachi794 people
- Dhanghara782 people
- Gopalnagar771 people
- Gayaspur756 people
- Tekedda749 people
- Paschim Ramcandrapur712 people
- Birajpur702 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Diara?760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Diara in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Diara?62.2% (Census 2011)