# Buripukur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Buripukur

Buripukur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **235 people in 57 households**, the 210th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 235people (2011)
- 57households
- 66.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buripukur

Of every 100 households in Buripukur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Buripukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**18%

Television ****32%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Buripukur?

■ Buripukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****27.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 63.4% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 30 (46%) · **■** Marginal 1 (2%)

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 Kushmundi

- Punat256 people
- Barail254 people
- Paschim Para248 people
- Gangajit246 people
- Jagannathpur233 people
- Palasbari228 people
- Chak Haripur206 people
- Baghna203 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buripukur?235 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buripukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buripukur?66.5% (Census 2011)