# Birsing Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Birsing

Birsing is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,380 people in 298 households**, the 29th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,380people (2011)
- 298households
- 58.1%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birsing

Of every 100 households in Birsing in 2011, 35 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birsing · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**67%

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

**48%

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

**52%

Tap water ****7%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**39%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****7%**

**34%

Television ****26%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**78%

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 Birsing?

■ Birsing · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**966

Working population ****38.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 48.0% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (25%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (35%) · **■** Marginal 133 (25%)

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 Naxalbari

- Bhujia Bani1,487 people
- Barajharu1,465 people
- Fakna1,424 people
- Omi1,410 people
- Ghusuru1,373 people
- Lohasing1,363 people
- Manjha Tea Garden1,323 people
- Damdama1,294 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birsing?1,380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birsing in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birsing?58.1% (Census 2011)