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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Birahini

Birahini is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **826 people in 206 households**, the 106th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 826people (2011)
- 206households
- 73.1%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birahini

Of every 100 households in Birahini in 2011, 34 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birahini · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****2%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birahini?

■ Birahini · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**965

Working population ****53.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 63.5% for women. 64% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (31%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 187 (43%)

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

- Bahicha857 people
- Damuaghugudanga848 people
- Phulghara842 people
- Nunail830 people
- Gopinagar821 people
- Chak Chandan813 people
- Chak Bakhar800 people
- Rampur Kismat792 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birahini?826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birahini in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birahini?73.1% (Census 2011)