# Birnagar Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Birnagar

Birnagar is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,931 people in 488 households**, the 13th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,931people (2011)
- 488households
- 71.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birnagar

Of every 100 households in Birnagar in 2011, 35 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birnagar · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**23%

Television ****14%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birnagar?

■ Birnagar · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**963

Working population ****40.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 59.4% for women. 63% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 211 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 292 (38%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 127 (16%) · **■** Marginal 138 (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 Mayureswar - II

- Prajapara2,472 people
- Kushtor2,459 people
- Bara Akulpur2,224 people
- Kamarhati2,096 people
- Beja1,882 people
- Chaulja1,729 people
- Chhamna1,727 people
- Kundala1,723 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birnagar?1,931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birnagar in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birnagar?71.0% (Census 2011)