# Bijoyshri Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bijoyshri

Bijoyshri is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **983 people in 238 households**, the 78th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 983people (2011)
- 238households
- 65.9%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijoyshri

Of every 100 households in Bijoyshri in 2011, 6 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijoyshri · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****7%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****57%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bijoyshri?

■ Bijoyshri · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****698**

**965

Working population ****39.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 61.9% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (48%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 71 (18%) · **■** Marginal 29 (7%)

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 Balurghat

- Raypur1,020 people
- Madhabpara1,004 people
- Alipur1,003 people
- Mahala992 people
- Purba Hariharpur971 people
- Gopalbati959 people
- Majhian952 people
- Paschim Raynagar950 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijoyshri?983 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijoyshri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bijoyshri?65.9% (Census 2011)