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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sirahi

Sirahi is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 198 households**, the 115th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 753people (2011)
- 198households
- 70.1%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sirahi

Of every 100 households in Sirahi in 2011, 54 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sirahi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****7%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Sirahi?

■ Sirahi · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****688**

**965

Working population ****41.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 61.4% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (50%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 64 (20%)

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

- Chakkasi791 people
- Manail762 people
- Chak Shyam756 people
- Fatepur753 people
- Chak Bhatshala746 people
- Trikul744 people
- Chak Harina710 people
- Gobindpur705 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sirahi?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirahi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sirahi?70.1% (Census 2011)